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The Star
3 days ago
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- The Star
WTA roundup: Lois Boisson makes first final in Hamburg
FILE PHOTO: Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 5, 2025 France's Lois Boisson in action during her semi final match against Coco Gauff of the U.S. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo No. 5 seed Lois Boisson of France and No. 7 Anna Bondar of Hungary will both play in their first WTA Tour final on Sunday in the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open in Germany. Boisson eliminated No. 2 seed Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine 6-1, 7-6 (5) in Saturday's semifinals. She converted three of five break chances and found success with her second serve, winning 70 percent of the points (16 of 23). Bondar rallied for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win against Slovenia's Kaja Juvan. Bondar converted five of six break points and took advantage of six double faults by Juvan. Unicredit Iasi Open No. 6 seed Jil Teichmann of Switzerland advanced to her first WTA Tour final since 2021 and will take on No. 7 seed and home hopeful Irina-Camelia Begu on Sunday in Romania. Teichmann knocked out Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinals, overcoming a 3-1 deficit in the first set by winning nine of the next 10 games. Teichmann also saved four of six break points. Begu ousted fellow Romanian and No. 2 seed Jaqueline Cristian 6-4, 6-4. Begu saved nine of 11 break points and finally put away Cristian on her fifth match point. --Field Level Media
Straits Times
3 days ago
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- Straits Times
WTA roundup: Lois Boisson makes first final in Hamburg
Find out what's new on ST website and app. FILE PHOTO: Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 5, 2025 France's Lois Boisson in action during her semi final match against Coco Gauff of the U.S. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo No. 5 seed Lois Boisson of France and No. 7 Anna Bondar of Hungary will both play in their first WTA Tour final on Sunday in the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open in Germany. Boisson eliminated No. 2 seed Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine 6-1, 7-6 (5) in Saturday's semifinals. She converted three of five break chances and found success with her second serve, winning 70 percent of the points (16 of 23). Bondar rallied for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win against Slovenia's Kaja Juvan. Bondar converted five of six break points and took advantage of six double faults by Juvan. Unicredit Iasi Open No. 6 seed Jil Teichmann of Switzerland advanced to her first WTA Tour final since 2021 and will take on No. 7 seed and home hopeful Irina-Camelia Begu on Sunday in Romania. Teichmann knocked out Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinals, overcoming a 3-1 deficit in the first set by winning nine of the next 10 games. Teichmann also saved four of six break points. Begu ousted fellow Romanian and No. 2 seed Jaqueline Cristian 6-4, 6-4. Begu saved nine of 11 break points and finally put away Cristian on her fifth match point. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. Singapore Mindef, SAF units among those dealing with attack on S'pore's critical information infrastructure Asia How China's growing cyber-hacking capabilities have raised alarm around the world Asia At least 34 killed as tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam's Halong Bay Singapore 1 dead, 1 injured after dispute between neighbours at Yishun HDB block Singapore Vessels from Navy, SCDF and MPA to debut at Marina Bay in NDP maritime display Asia Autogate glitch at Malaysia's major checkpoints causes chaos for S'porean and foreign travellers Asia SIA, Scoot, Cathay Pacific cancel flights as typhoon nears Hong Kong Singapore A deadly cocktail: Easy access, lax attitudes driving Kpod scourge in S'pore --Field Level Media REUTERS
New Straits Times
15-07-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
WTA roundup: No. 3 Selena Janicijevic, No. 8 Aliona Bolsova upset in Romania
Daria Lodikova swept No. 3 seed Selena Janicijevic 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8) in the qualifying round of the Unicredit Iasi Open in Iasi, Romania, on Monday. The two were largely even statistically in a narrow two-set match, but Lodikova held the advantage in break points converted. The Russian went 4-for-5, while France's Janicijevic converted four of eight break points. No. 8 seed Aliona Bolsova of Spain was also upset by the Czech Republic's Anna Siskova 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 on the strength of the 24-year-old Siskova's service games. In other matches, No. 6 seed Jil Teichmann rallied against Romania's Miriam Bianca Bulgaru to win 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-1, and No. 7 seed Irina-Camelia Begu handily defeated Japan's Nao Hibino 6-1, 6-2. Other winners Monday include No. 3 seed Ann Li, No. 5 seed Varvara Gracheva of France, Maja Chwalinska of Poland and Croatia's Jana Fett. MSC Hamburg Ladies Open No. 6 seed Moyuka Uchijima of Japan converted on just 30.8 percent of her break points and had eight double faults on her way to being upset by wild card entrant Nastasja Schunk 7-5, 6-3 in the first round of the Hamburg Open in Germany on Monday. In a marathon match that took three hours and 21 minutes, Diane Parry of France outlasted Tara Wurth for a 7-6 (9), 3-6, 7-5 win. The Croatian had six aces to Parry's three, including five in the last set, and converted on 42.9 percent of her break points, but Parry was the last woman standing with 47 total points in the final set. After extending the match to a third set, No. 8 seed Mayar Sherif retired, granting a walkover to Louisa Chirico 4-6, 7-5, 3-0. Egypt's Sherif had saved 13 break points while Chirico saved seven.
