Russian tennis player Samsonova sensationally became a semi-finalist of the Masters in Toronto
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The 18th racket of the world, Lyudmila Samsonova, sensationally made it to the semifinals at the Masters tournament in Toronto. In one hour and 49 minutes, she defeated Swiss Belinda Bencic, who occupies 13th place in the WTA ranking – 6:4, 6:4
The Russian woman managed to save the second set, in which she lost 1:4. Samsonova has 8 aces, 6 double faults and 2 realized break points out of 5. Her opponent answered with one ace, made four double faults and did not earn a single break point.
Interestingly, the 24-year-old Russian woman for the first time in her career was able to go so far in WTA-1000 category tournaments in singles. On her account, there is one Masters won in a pair – this year in Dubai, they, together with Veronika Kudermetova, defeated the Chinese duet in the final.
In the next round, Samsonova’s opponent will be the winner of the match between Russian Daria Kasatkina and Elena Rybakina representing Kazakhstan.
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