Well done Petra! At the beginning of the tournament I thought she would have lost by now to either Begu or Bertens. Vinci next. Petra took Vinci to three sets at RG last year and almost had a chance to face Serena, but alas lost.
Shelby Rogers who thrashed Petra at Indian Wells earlier this year, is in the final of Bad Gastein beating Kr Pliskova, Suarez-Navarro, Giorgi, Errani on the way. Well done to her. Makes Petra's loss against her not as horrible.
Why is Petra playing doubles here? Makes me think she is doing a favour for someone. She doesn't need to waste three setters at an ITF 50k event!
But having said that, this is a good opportunity for her to vulture some points. She had such a terrible part of the season this time last year. It would be nice for her to collect more than 1 point at a tournament as much as she can.
Final will be against the very tricky Denisa Allertova, who's had some incredible runs this year (won 5 ITF titles this year so far) and is in her best form ever. Let's see if Petra can confirm her top seed status.
Well, I am happy to see Petra is cleaning this tournament up, as she should be expected to! :lol: But, this Allertova girl, despite taking out #122 Hlavackova (in straight sets) and #162 Tsurenko, should not be a problem for her. At least I hope not!