2023-06-30 13:52:15
Published on June 30, 2023 at 3:52 p.m. Aurélie Sacchelli
The final of the WTA tournament on grass in Eastbourne will pit Russian Daria Kasatkina, victorious over Camila Giorgi, once morest American Madison Keys, who eliminated Coco Gauff.
Finalist at the start of the season in Adelaide, the world No. 11 had not had the pleasure of playing on the last day of a tournament since. But it will be done this Saturday, since the Russian will play the final of the Eastbourne tournament. The one who had benefited from the abandonment of Caroline Garcia on Thursday in the quarterfinals, disposed of the Italian Camila Giorgi (67th) in the semi-finals, whom she thus beat for the third time in three confrontations on three different surfaces. Kasatkina won 6-2, 7-5 in 1:24. Even if she did not excel on her serve (3 double faults, four breaks conceded), the Russian made up for it by being very effective on break points. She has indeed converted seven out of seven, once morest a Giorgi who ends the meeting with ten double faults. After losing his serve on his first face-off, Kasatkina then accelerated to break at 1-1 and 3-1 and thus pocket the set. In the second, the first six games ended in six breaks, and the Russian ended up leading 4-2. Giorgi managed to equalize at 5-5, but she broke down on the next play, and her opponent managed to finish with a shutout. Daria Kasatkina, who will return to the Top 10 on Monday regardless of the outcome of the final, will play the thirteenth final of her career. His record is currently balanced, with six wins and six losses, but his last title dates back almost a year, in Granby in Canada before the last US Open. Camila Giorgi will take the direction of Wimbledon, where the French Varvara Gracheva awaits her in the first round.
Keys s’offre Gauff
Saturday, Daria Kasatkina will be opposed to Madison Keys (25th), who created the surprise by eliminating the world n°7 Coco Gauff. For this fourth confrontation between the two Americans, it was the oldest (28 years old once morest 19 years old) who won with the score of 6-3, 6-3 in 1h22. Author of 4 aces and 74% of first serves, Keys only lost her service once, at the very beginning of the second set. She broke at 2-2 and 5-3 to pocket the first set, then at 1-2 and 4-3 in the second to win this match. The Illinois native will play the twelfth final of her career and try to win her seventh title, the first since January 2022 and the second in Eastbourne following the one won in 2014 once morest Angelique Kerber. Difficult to establish a prediction for the final, since following having won eight of its first nine confrontations once morest Daria Kasatkina, Madison Keys lost their last match, on the ground of Charleston in April in three sets.
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