Iga Swiatek Roland Garros Victoria Azarenka Maria Sakkari Daria Kasatkina Jessica Pegula Veronika Kudermetova Caroline Garcia Usa state Texas county Worth tennis athletics Iga Swiatek Roland Garros Victoria Azarenka Maria Sakkari Daria Kasatkina Jessica Pegula Veronika Kudermetova Caroline Garcia Usa state Texas county Worth

Tennis-Sakkari storms into Guadalajara semis, books WTA Finals spot

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(Reuters) -Fourth seed Maria Sakkari overcame Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 5-7 6-4 to reach the Guadalajara Open semi-finals on Friday and grab the eighth and final spot at the year-ending WTA Finals.Sakkari saved 14 of 15 break points on the night to outclass her determined opponent and will join Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Caroline Garcia, Aryna Sabalenka and Daria Kasatkina at the season finale."Without fire you cannot win these matches," said Sakkari, whose victory denied her opponent a debut singles appearance at the tournament."Without heart, without courage, without going for it and being brave you cannot get these opportunities, you cannot win them."The WTA Finals, featuring the world's top eight singles players and doubles teams, will start in Fort Worth, Texas on Oct.

31.Earlier, experience triumphed over youth as 33-year-old twice major winner Victoria Azarenka beat 18-year-old American Gauff 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 to stay on track to end a two-year title drought.Azarenka kept her poise under a barrage of powerful serves as the world number seven lobbed 10 aces across the net.

She broke down Gauff's stout defence to convert on 5 of 13 break point chances and set up a meeting with American Jessica Pegula."She served really well, she was mixing a lot so I was trying to adjust," Azarenka said. "I tried to just stay consistent."Gauff, who reached her first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros this year, had already booked her WTA Finals spot."She's the same age as my career so it felt pretty interesting," said Azarenka. "She's such a great athlete, I can't wait to see how far she can go."Pegula has been playing the best tennis of her career in 2022 and showed no signs of losing that momentum Friday when

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