Russian Alexandrova reached the semi-finals of the WTA tournament in Miami – Kommersant
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Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova beat American Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Miami. The meeting ended with a score of 3:6, 6:4, 6:4 in favor of the Russian.
The match lasted 2 hours. The 29-year-old Alexandrova has three straight serves, four converted break points out of eight, and seven double faults. The 30-year-old Pegula made one serve, made three double faults and converted four out of nine break points.
The Miami tournament is classified as WTA-1000. Its prize fund is over $8.7 million. In the semifinals, Ekaterina Alexandrova will play with American Danielle Collins.
Pegula is ranked fifth in the WTA rankings, Alexandrova is 16. The Russian woman reaches the semifinals of the WTA-1000 category tournament for the second time in her career, while this is the tennis player’s first tournament on a hard court.
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