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Putintseva faces Cirstea in Nuremberg semi

May 23rd, 2019May 23rd, 2019

Top-seeded Yulia Putintseva has won the longest match of the WTA Tour season so far, overcoming Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam 7-5 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (6-2) to reach the Nuremberg Cup semi-finals.

The Ukrainian outlasted Friedsam, the world No.523 who is recovering from a shoulder injury, in the match that lasted three hours and 31 minutes on Thursday.

Putintseva, who is bidding for her first WTA singles title, will face Sorana Cirstea in the semi-finals after the Romanian player defeated Serbian qualifier Nina Stojanovic 4-6 6-4 6-2.

It will be Cirstea's second semi-final in three years at the clay-court tournament.

The second-seeded Katerina Siniakova will play Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek in the other semifinal.

Siniakova rallied to beat American Madison Brengle 1-6 6-4 6-0, while Zidansek defeated Veronika Kudermetova of Russia 6-4 2-6 6-3.


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