This is a new tournament on the WTA calendar
Semi final results:
Maria Sakkari (Greece) v Victoria Azarenka (4) (Belarus)
In the first meeting between the pair, Azarenka served first, and took sixteen points, saving four break points to hold. In her next three service games, the fourth seed dropped just three points.
In between, Sakkari surrendered serve twice, and the opening set was delivered to Azarenka swiftly 6-1.
Set two began in similar fashion, Azarenka breaking twice to lead 3-0, then surviving two break points to consolidate 4-0.
Sakkari saved a break point which would have meant 0-5, and instead broke to love in the following game.
At 4-3, Azarenka avoided a break chance, and held to be one game from the final.
Serving to stay alive, Sakkari wasted a game point, and Azarenka won the final two points claiming victory 6-1 6-3.
Aryna Sabalenka (3) (Belarus) v Jennifer Brady (USA)
The pair hadn’t played each other before, and Sabalenka was the first to receive a break opportunity.
She converted in the third game. Consolidating wasn’t easy, and the Belarusian survived three break points offered to Brady to level the clash.
Sabalenka broke a second time to lead 4-1, and soon she was serving at 5-2 for the set.
Brady broke, but on the second time serving for it, Sabalenka contributed a love game and led 6-4.
Sabalenka broke serve in the first game of set two, and for six games thereafter deuce wasn’t visited.
At 4-3, Sabalenka saved two break points to lead 5-3.
Eventually Aryna Sabalenka served out the match 6-4 6-4.
Final will be Victoria Azarenka (4) v Aryna Sabalenka (3)
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