The Australian Open will proclaim this Thursday the name of its finalists after the dispute of the semifinal crosses between the Danish Caroline Wozniacki and the Belgian Elise Mertens, in the morning, and between the Romanian Simona Halep and the German Angelique Kerber, in the evening shift .
The Rod Laver Arena will be the scene of the two duels that will define the women’s final of the Australian Open.
The four applicants have an exciting background in 2018. All of them reached the final in their first event of the course and aspire to repeat at Melbourne Park.
Simona Halep, tournament champion from Shenzhen (China), enjoys her first appearance in the semifinals of the Australian ‘major’.
In the first Grand Slam of the season his permanence in number one is played, since Caroline Wozniacki threatens.
The Romanian is the first seed. The Danish, who has already led the world rankings, is the second favorite.
They therefore start from opposite sides in the individual female table, although their goal is the same. The two wish to succeed the American Serena Williams, who resigned to defend her crown given her recent motherhood.
To achieve a place in the final, Simona Halep must beat Angelique Kerber, champion in 2016. Wozniacki, meanwhile, must overcome Elise Mertens, the great revelation of the contest.
Both Kerber and Mertens have the worst rankings – they are 16th and 37th – but they have come from winning in Sydney and Hobart, respectively.
Halep, in fact, believes that “a second marathon” awaits him in the tournament, after his agonizing victory (4-6, 6-4 and 15-13) against the American Lauren Davis in the third round.
“I know Kerber very well,” said number one at the foot of the court, “and I know she is a very strong player.”
They were measured eight times, with similar luck (4-4).
“It will be a very difficult opponent,” she remarked after her conclusive 6-3, 6-2 victory over Czech Karolina Pliskova.
«From 0-3 I think I played very well. I started to open the track and impose my style. Today my serve worked. I think I did everything pretty well. It was my best match in the tournament », he celebrated.
The winner of the duel between Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber, executioner of the American Madison Keys, will meet Caroline Wozniacki or Elise Mertens in the final.
The only preceding party was favorable to the Danish. They won 7-5, 4-6 and 6-2 in 2017, in the semifinals of Bastad (Sweden). EFE
The Rod Laver Arena will be the scene of the two duels that will define the women’s final of the Australian Open.
The four applicants have an exciting background in 2018. All of them reached the final in their first event of the course and aspire to repeat at Melbourne Park.
Simona Halep, tournament champion from Shenzhen (China), enjoys her first appearance in the semifinals of the Australian ‘major’.
In the first Grand Slam of the season his permanence in number one is played, since Caroline Wozniacki threatens.
The Romanian is the first seed. The Danish, who has already led the world rankings, is the second favorite.
They therefore start from opposite sides in the individual female table, although their goal is the same. The two wish to succeed the American Serena Williams, who resigned to defend her crown given her recent motherhood.
To achieve a place in the final, Simona Halep must beat Angelique Kerber, champion in 2016. Wozniacki, meanwhile, must overcome Elise Mertens, the great revelation of the contest.
Both Kerber and Mertens have the worst rankings – they are 16th and 37th – but they have come from winning in Sydney and Hobart, respectively.
Halep, in fact, believes that “a second marathon” awaits him in the tournament, after his agonizing victory (4-6, 6-4 and 15-13) against the American Lauren Davis in the third round.
“I know Kerber very well,” said number one at the foot of the court, “and I know she is a very strong player.”
They were measured eight times, with similar luck (4-4).
“It will be a very difficult opponent,” she remarked after her conclusive 6-3, 6-2 victory over Czech Karolina Pliskova.
«From 0-3 I think I played very well. I started to open the track and impose my style. Today my serve worked. I think I did everything pretty well. It was my best match in the tournament », he celebrated.
The winner of the duel between Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber, executioner of the American Madison Keys, will meet Caroline Wozniacki or Elise Mertens in the final.
The only preceding party was favorable to the Danish. They won 7-5, 4-6 and 6-2 in 2017, in the semifinals of Bastad (Sweden). EFE