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Article of – Luminiţa Paul, Roxana Fleşeru Saturday, 21 July, 20:32
Anastasija Sevastova (22 WTA ) will meet Sunday, Petra Martici (60 WTA) in the last tournament act in Bucharest, fifth edition. Only in 2015 there was no representative of Romania to fight for the title in the final.
Of the five editions played on the Bucharest slag, it will be the second in which no player in Romania has qualified for the final.
The trophy will be played Sunday by Petra Martici, 60 WTA, and Anastasija Sevastova, 22 WTA. " My goal this year is to win a WTA tournament and I hope it will happen in Bucharest ," said the Croatian, who is only in the second final of his career after the 2012 Kuala Lumpur .
On the other hand, the Latvian is sixth, the second in Bucharest, when he lost to Simone Halep with 0-6, 0-6.
"I'm thinking of the final of 2016 and I do not feel too much I have not removed her head, she would still be there, but I played a final, this is not not as if we had lost against someone, we did it in front of Simone, "Sevastova said with a smile. The overall score between the two is 1-0 for Martici. "It's time to avenge myself, I lost last year in Paris before that, it was not a good match for me, I hope tomorrow will be different", has declared Anastasija
. in previous matches, less in that in which he beat Mihaela Buzărnescu with 6-4, 6-4. " In previous matches, the Romanian public spoiled me but today I was ready to not be on my side, it 's awesome that' s there. there are so many, that's why tennis is a sport and I hope that tomorrow the spectators will be back in my favor, "Petra said.
A short semifinal
Letona qualified in the final act after her opponent Polona Hercog dropped after 32 minutes to score 6-1 in favor of Sevastova. " I did not see that she was hurt but she had a bandage on her right thigh In the last game, I noticed that she was not moving very good, but I thought it would be C & # 039; is always difficult when you see "
Anastasija Sevastova is for the third time in Bucharest, having reached the finals in 2016, and in 2017" quarters ". Love the tour here because I always come from my home in Bucharest, where I see my family, I always come with good feelings, I like the conditions here, it's hot, we can play it the evening this tournament ".
" It's different from day to day, it was windier than last night, but I was playing in the first round of the day, and when it is clear, it is necessary to match the missiles differently according to the weather, " Anastasija Sevastova
" At the beginning of the week, I proposed to winning the first match because it was not about participating, it is difficult to set goals, but I'm happy to be back A last here, last year, I n & # 39; I played pretty well, only Ana Bogdan did better " Anastasija Sevastova
" I can not wait to play tomorrow, I'm glad I did not get back three sets that we needed to play. a shorter game, I have not met much, and if I play well I think I have a chance at the trophy " Petra Martici
Finals of BRD Bucharest Open [19659015] 2014 Simona Halep -Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-3
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova-Sara Errani 7-6 (3), 6-3
Simona Halep-Anastasija Sevastova 6-0, 6-0 [19659015] 2017 Irina Begu-Julia Goerges 6-3, 7-5
See also: BRD BUCHAREST OPEN. Mihaela Buzărnescu makes an unexpected decision after the Bucharest tour: "What can I do?"
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