WTA roundup: Daria Kasatkina back in Eastbourne final
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[June 29, 2024]
No. 6 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia reached the Rothesay
International final for the second straight year, rallying Friday for a
3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win against No. 3 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy.
Kasatkina, who fell to Madison Keys in last year's final, won six of the
final seven games to finish the match in two hours and 16 minutes. She
saved 10 of 14 break points and broke Paolini's serve five times,
including the final game in the second set.
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Tennis - Eastbourne International - Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club,
Eastbourne, Britain - June 28, 2024 Russia's Daria Kasatkina reacts
during her semi final match against Italy's Jasmine Paolini Action
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Canada's Leylah Fernandez also won a
three-setter to make the final, dethroning the fourth-seeded
Keys 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in Friday's other semifinal in two hours and
three minutes.
Bad Homburg Open
Two unseeded players will fight for the title in Germany as
Donna Vekic of Croatia prepared to face Russia's Diana Shnaider
on Saturday.
Vekic defeated Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova 6-0, 7-6 (6) and
Shnaider knocked out No. 3 seed Emma Navarro 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 in
Friday's semifinals.
Vekic, who won the first eight games before Tomova rallied to
force the tiebreak, saved four of five break points and finished
with 10 aces. Shnaider saved a whopping 13 of 17 break points
against Navarro.
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