The Ukrainian Jelnia Switolina decides to the season Finale of the best tennis players. In Singapore, it beats the Kerber-Foiler.
The Ukrainian Jelina Switolina has the season finale of the eight world’s best tennis players, the biggest success of your career will be celebrated. The 24-Year-old, who has never passed beyond the quarter-finals of a Grand slam, triumphed in the final in Singapore after 2:23 hours 3:6, 6:2, 6:2 over Sloane Stephens. The American had thrown on Friday in the last group match, Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber out.
Switolina is the first Ukrainian woman who decides to the last highlight in the calendar of the women’s tour, after the match ball, your tears of joy ran down the face. Stephens (25) and missed it, however, to follow in the footsteps of their famous country women. Chris Evert (4 titles), Serena Williams (5) and the record-holding winner Martina Navratilova (8) had dominated since the 1972 tournament for many years.
As well as Steffi Graf, won the last of their five titles in 1996 at the Madison Square Garden of New York. The 22-time Grand Slam champion remains at least another year, the last German winner at the season finale, because Kerber was also in Singapore, the Form from the summer, again, and after only a victory over US Open champion Naomi Osaka (Japan) after the group stage in well-earned holiday approved.
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After your “second best season” is waiting for the 30-year-old consistency, however, is still a bit of work off the field. A new Coach must come after the Liaison was gone with the Belgian Wim Fissette, despite the marked upswing in the year 2018 before departure to Singapore in the fractures. Objectives Kerber enough, including the still-missing Grand Slam Triumph on the unloved ashes of the French Open. “I know that I still have air to the top. I can be a better, Angie,” said Kerber.
You need to be able to in the future with players like Stephens or Switolina compete. While Kerber ran out after the fulfillment of their childhood dream in Wimbledon, the breath was for the two finalists, there is no force to notice wear and tear, both of which had contested on Saturday hour-long semi-finals. Switolina defeated the Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens 7:5, 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, Stephens was a false start against Karolina Pliskova from the Czech Republic 0:6, 6:4, 6:1 .
The larger reserves at the end of the two and a half hour Finals had Switolina want to fix with the tailwind from Singapore in year 2019 your Grand Slam weakness. Your model Caroline Wozniacki is: The Dane had won last year’s season finale and, in January at the Australian Open in Melbourne for the first time in a major tournament.
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