Kvitova sets up Ostapenko final at Eastbourne

Petra Kvitova advanced to her first grass-court final in four years by beating Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-6 (5), 6-4 at Eastbourne on Friday.

Published : Jun 24, 2022 19:52 IST

Petra Kvitova advanced to her first grass-court final in four years on Friday.
Petra Kvitova advanced to her first grass-court final in four years on Friday.
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Petra Kvitova advanced to her first grass-court final in four years on Friday.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova advanced to her first grass-court final in four years by beating Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-6 (5), 6-4 at Eastbourne on Friday.

Kvitova will face defending champion Jelena Ostapenko in the final. The eighth-seeded Latvian defeated 12th-seeded Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-2 in the other semifinal match.

Haddad Maia had won 12 straight matches on grass including back-to-back singles titles in Nottingham and Birmingham over the last two weeks.

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The 14th-seeded Kvitova reached her first final of 2022 and first grass-court final since Birmingham in 2018.

Kvitova earned the only service break of the match to begin the second set against the 15th-seeded Brazilian.

The 32-year-old Czech player's only career loss in five grass-court finals was to Marion Bartoli at Eastbourne in 2011, when Kvitova went on to win Wimbledon for the first time.

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Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion and 2018 Wimbledon semifinalist, needed only 69 minutes to put away her Italian opponent. The 25-year-old Ostapenko beat Anett Kontaveit in straight sets in last year's final.

In the men’s semifinals, defending champion Alex de Minaur faces third-seeded Taylor Fritz, and British wild card entry Jack Draper plays Maxime Cressy.

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