“Diana in two sets won in Maria Sakari in the 3rd round of five hundred in Austria”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
In the 3rd round, Ukrainian in two sets dealt with ex-3rd racket of the world Maria Sakkari (Greece, WTA 31) in 1 hour and 20 minutes.
WTA 500 Linz. Hard in the room. 1/4 finals
Diana Yastremska (Ukraine) [5] – Maria Sakkari (Greece) [3] – 7: 5, 6: 0
It was a second meeting of rivals. In 2024, the Ukrainian lost representatives of Greece in the 1/16 finals of the thousands in Miami.
Yastremskaya reached its first semifinal after Australian Open 2024 at the level of the tour and the 21st for his career. At this stage, the Ukrainian won 12 victories and was defeated 8 times.
Diana’s next rival will be the winner of Clara Tauson’s confrontation (Denmark, WTA 39) – Anna Blinka (WTA 83). Both Tauson and Small in Lynz have already knocked out one Ukrainians. Clara in the 1st round coped with Angelina Kalinina, and the shadow in the 2nd circle won in Elina Svitolina.
Diana on her way to the semifinals of Linz, in addition to Sakari, also won in Lucia Brozetti and Anthony Ruzhych.
In addition to Yastremskaya, Ludmila and Nadiya Kichenok, but in a paired discharge, also continue on the Austrian courts. On January 31, they will hold a semi -final match.
– wta (@wta) January 31, 2025