WTA Tashkent: Karin Knapp is in the final

Six years after the final in Antwerp against world number one Justine Henin, Karin Knapp is in the final of a WTA tournament for the second time. In Antwerp, after two wins against Patty Schnyder and Na Li, the woman from Ahrntal was defeated in the final by the Belgian Henin 3:6, 3:6. In Tashkent, however, she will face world number 11, Bojana Jovanovski, in the final on Saturday at 35 a.m. She clearly lost her only direct duel against the Serb in Madrid this May with 1:6, 1:6. Jovanovski is also the big favorite tomorrow, but Karin Knapp could cause a surprise and celebrate her first tournament victory on the WTA tour.

In the semifinals Lesia Tsurenko dispatched 6:3, 6:3 Today Karin Knapp took a 2-0 lead in the semi-final against Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, but then conceded the rebreak in the third game. When the score was 4:3, the Luttacher took her opponent's serve again and then took the first set 6:3. In the second half of the game, Knapp even moved ahead to 4:1, but Tsurenko didn't give up, got up to 3:4 and then even had three break points to equalize 4:4. Knapp fended off all three, made it 5:3 and finally took the Ukrainian's serve for the fifth time in this match for the final score of 6:3, 6:3. In doing so, she also took revenge for the two-set defeat in Ismaning two years ago.

$21.400 in prize money, 180 WTA points By reaching the final, Karin Knapp has already secured $21.400 in prize money and 180 WTA points. She has already gained 18 positions in the world rankings and will be in 71st place on Monday. If she wins the tournament, she would climb another ten places. The winner in Tashkent will receive $43.000 in prize money and 280 WTA points.

Karin Knapp's nine semi-final games so far on the WTA tour (two wins, seven defeats) 2007 Budapest: -Sorana Cristea (ROU/WTA 325) 6:3, 4:6, 3:6 2007 Palermo: -Martina Müller (GER/WTA 34) 1:6, 6:3, 3:6 2007 Bad Gastein: -Yvonne Meusburger (AUT/WTA 82) 3:6, 6:3, 1:6 2008 Antwerp: +Li Na (CHN/WTA 33) 6:4, 7:6(5) 2012 Estoril: -Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP/WTA 58) 4:6, 0:6 2013 Bogota: -Jelena Jankovic (SRB/WTA 24) 6:3, 1:6, 6:7(2) 2013 Bad Gastein: -Yvonne Meusburger (AUT/WTA 86) 4:6, 3:6 2014 Nuremberg: -Eugenie Bouchard (CAN/WTA 19), 4:6, 3:6 2014 Tashkent: +Lesia Tsurenko (UKR/WTA 124) 6:3, 6:3

Karin Knapp's two finals on the WTA tour: 2008 Antwerp: -Justine Henin (BEL/WTA 1) 3:6, 3:6 2014 Tashkent: Bojana Jovanovski (SRB/WTA 35)

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