2023-05-24 13:16:09
Julia Grabher is in the quarterfinals of the tennis clay court tournament in Rabat, Morocco. The 26-year-old from Vorarlberg defeated Turkey’s Cagla Büyükakcay, who was seven years her senior, 6:1,7:6(4) on Wednesday and reached the top eight for the first time since April 2022 at a WTA 250 event. The world rankings-74. now meets the top seeded Italian Martina Trevisan, who defeated Jana Fett from Croatia with 7:5,7:5.
Grabher immediately took command on the court and twice took the serve from Büyükakcay, the current 263 in the ranking. After 37 minutes the first set was dry. The second round turned out to be much more difficult: Dornbirn quickly fell 0:3 behind, then played four games in a row and fended off two set balls when the score was 5:6. Austria’s number one kept his nerve in the tie-break and scored his second match point following 1:49 hours.
“The first set was superior, I played the way I imagined. I slept through the second set at first, but then reacted well,” Grabher summed up with satisfaction via Facebook following the game. She was able to deal with the unusual role of favorites on the WTA tour. “There was a certain tension at times.” She is all the more happy regarding progressing, says the woman from Vorarlberg.
For Grabher, her dress rehearsal for the French Open is now regarding reaching a semi-final at this tournament level for the first time. Standing in the way is 29-year-old Trevisan, who is currently 26th in the ranking. The two have not yet played once morest each other at the WTA level.
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