{"id":66939,"date":"2024-03-03T13:23:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T13:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/boulter-to-face-ukraines-kostyuk-in-san-diego-wta-final-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T13:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T13:23:13","slug":"boulter-to-face-ukraines-kostyuk-in-san-diego-wta-final-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/boulter-to-face-ukraines-kostyuk-in-san-diego-wta-final-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Boulter to face Ukraine’s Kostyuk in San Diego WTA final | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Britain’s Katie Boulter and Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk advanced to the WTA San Diego Open final with powerful semi-final triumphs on Saturday, ousting two of the top three seeds.<\/p>\n

Boulter, ranked 49th in the world, upset US third seed Emma Navarro 6-3, 6-1 in 74 minutes while sixth-seed Kostyuk ousted US top seed Jessica Pegula<\/a> 7-6 (7\/4), 6-1.<\/p>\n

Each of Sunday’s finalists seeks a second career WTA title. Kostyuk, ranked 34th, won last year at Austin while Boulter took her lone crown at Nottingham last year.<\/p>\n

Boulter, whose week in Southern California has included an upset of second-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia, was in control from the outset against 26th-ranked Navarro, who won her first WTA title in January at Hobart<\/p>\n

Boulter broke twice to pocket the first set. She was up 6-3, 1-0 when a sudden shower briefly halted play.<\/p>\n

The short stoppage didn’t help Navarro, who surrendered a break when they resumed as Boulter took a 3-0 lead in the set.<\/p>\n

Boulter’s first hiccup came in the fifth game, but she saved two break points with thumping serves and held for 4-1.<\/p>\n

She polished off the victory with a love game, punctuated by a booming overhead on match point.<\/p>\n

Kostyuk had lost her first two career matches against fifth-ranked Pegula, most recently in last year’s Australian Open.<\/p>\n

Pegula was chasing a fifth WTA title in her first semi-final of the year. It was her first event since the Australian Open after withdrawing from Doha and Dubai with a neck injury.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES: Britain’s Katie Boulter and Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk advanced to the WTA San Diego Open final with powerful semi-final triumphs on Saturday, ousting two of the top three seeds. 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