The current number 24 of the WTA rankings ends an exceptional tournament on Canadian soil and it is that, after beating the number one in the world, Iga Swiatek, in the round of 16, and last night doing the same against the Swiss Bencic 2-6, 6-3 6-3, was postulated as a real option to take the title. The match, which lasted just over two hours, was confirmation of the great tennis he has shown in recent duels. All this happens for the 26-year-old Brazilian and after having to face many problems among which a suspension for doping for ten months between August 2019 and May 2020.
Despite this serious incident, which It happened during a doping control when the tennis player was 23 years old, and after winning one of her best victories as a professional (against Muguruza at Wimbledon), the Sao Paulo woman was able to recover and return to face her sports career in the best possible way. It’s now, and after securing his first WTA Tour title this year in Nottinghamwhen the Brazilian tennis player can close the best week of her career by obtaining her first WTA 1000. In the semi-finals, she will face Pliskova, a duel which will take place tonight, not before 00:00.
This is why Haddad Maia, After successfully closing this dark chapter of her career, she will attempt her first WTA 1000 final, in what is being touted as an opportunity to hold on to the top of the leaderboard for a long time. Moreover, this result would also position him as one of the candidates for the last Grand Slam of the year in New York.
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