This year's edition of the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells is special for Angelique Kerber and Caroline Wozniacki. Both are reminiscent of their former glory, which took them to the top of the WTA rankings and wins Grand Slam tournaments. Despite the passage of time and a long hiatus from tennis due to motherhood, I still play They have shown that they can play well.
Many competitors have already tried this during this year's competition in California. Angelique Kerber started the tournament with a straight sets win against Petra Martic. However, the most valuable victories came in the later stages of the tournament. In the second round Angie came back from 5:7, 0:2 and defeated Jelena Ostapenkowho has already won two WTA 500 titles this season. In addition, the Latvian is known to have an excellent record of confrontations with Iga Świątek.
The German actor's achievements did not end there. In the round of 16 match, Kerber turned out to be better than Veronika Kudermetwa, the player who was the last to beat Iga Światek last season. Russian I made an advantage break in both sets. But that didn't stop Angelique from winning the match in two games. The tennis player, who currently ranks 607th in the WTA rankings, finished the match with scores of 6:4, 7:5.
Duel like in the old days. Kerber will play against Wozniacki for a place in the quarterfinals
Caroline Wozniacki is also having her moment of glory in Indian Wells. She defeated Lin Chu in the first round and in the second round You fired the latest killer of Aryna Sabalenka – Donna Vekic. Last night, the Dane of Polish descent was found to be better than Katie Volynets after a three-set match. The decisive match turned out to be the dominance of the former WTA rankings leader. The final score was 6:2, 4:6, 6:0 for Caroline.
Thus, in the 1/8 finals, there will be a unique duel between two players of Polish origin. Not only will the match be at stake in the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament, but perhaps also a showdown with Iga Švetic. If she is the leader of the women's ranking She will defeat Yulia Putintseva in the fourth roundIn the next stage, he will face the winner of the “Polish” match. Final decisions on the matter will be made on Tuesday local time.
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