Junior Finals set semi-finals with four junior Grand Slam champions alive
The Junior Finals in Chengdu set their semi-finals with four junior Grand Slam champions still in contention, including Slovenia's Ziga Sesko.
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Chengdu — A rodada desta sexta-feira definiu os semifinalistas do Junior Finals, torneio disputado na cidade chinesa de Chengdu. Quatro campeões de Grand Slam na categoria juvenil continuam na disputa pelo título.
No Grupo A, Ziga Sesko, da Eslovênia, fechou a primeira fase invicto. O campeão do Australian Open juvenil venceu o porto-riquenho Yannik Alvarez por 2 sets a 0, com 6/4 e 7/6 (7-3).
Quem também garantiu vaga foi Jordan Lee, norte-americano campeão juvenil de Wimbledon, que venceu de virada o alemão Jamie Mackenzie: 6/2, 4/6 e 6/4.
No Grupo B, quem confirmou a liderança foi o alemão Vincent Reisach, que superou o búlgaro Dimitar Kisimov em dois sets: 6/3 e 6/4. Ele será o adversário de Lee. A outra vaga é do norte-americano Keaton Hance, que marcou um duplo 6/4 sobre o austríaco Thilo Behrmann e enfrentará Sesko.
No feminino, a campeã do US Open Xinran Sun, chinesa, também terminou a primeira fase sem derrotas. Líder do Grupo A, ela venceu a sérvia Anastasija Cvetkovic por 2 sets a 0: 7/6 (7-1) no primeiro e 6/2 no segundo.
A outra classificada do grupo é Anna Pushkareva, russa e vencedora de Wimbledon. Ela bateu a francesa Ksenia Efremova por 2 sets a 1: 6/2 no primeiro, 6/7 (3-7) no segundo e 6/3 no terceiro.
Pushkareva terá pela frente a compatriota Mariia Makarova. Líder do Grupo B, ela bateu a norte-americana Janae Preston com 6/1 e 6/2. A outra semifinalista é a tcheca Jana Kovackova, que superou a ucraniana Polina Skliar em dois sets, 6/2 e 6/1, e enfrenta Sun na semifinal de sábado.
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