Tennis Roundup: Petra Kvitova vs Jelena Ostapenko in Eastbourne final

Eastbourne, June 24

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova advanced to her first grasscourt final in four years by beating Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-6(5) 6-4 at Eastbourne today.

Kvitova will face defending champion Jelena Ostapenko in the final. The eighth-seeded Latvian defeated 12th-seeded Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-2 in the other semifinals match. Haddad Maia had won 12 straight matches on grass including back-to-back singles titles in Nottingham and Birmingham over the last two weeks.

The 14th-seeded Kvitova reached her first final of 2022 and first grasscourt final since Birmingham in 2018.

Kvitova earned the only service break of the match to begin the second set against the 15th-seeded Brazilian.

A first for Andreescu

Bad Homburg (Germany): Bianca Andreescu reached her first semifinals in over a year, and first on grass, with a 6-4 6-1 win over top-seeded Daria Kasatkina at the Bad Homburg Open.

The former US Open winner broke Kasatkina’s serve five times in a dominant showing on Thursday.

The 22-year-old will play Simona Halep, whose quick-fire 6-2 6-1 win over Amanda Anisimova puts her in back-to-back semifinals after reaching the last four in Birmingham last week.

Medvedev loses

Palma: Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev will remain without a title on grass this season after a straight-set loss to Roberto Bautista Agut in the quarterfinals of the Mallorca Championships.

Medvedev lost 6-3 6-2 after entering the match with an 8-2 record on the surface for the year, with his losses coming in consecutive finals. — AP