Convincing victory for the Wimbledon champion in the debut of the WTA Finals

ByDavid Mitchell

Linda Noskova21 years old and current Wimbledon champion, made her debut this Sunday in the WTA Finals of Indian Wells (USA) with a convincing victory (6-2, 6-4) over Marta Kostyukwhich has now accumulated four consecutive defeats on the circuit.

From start to finish, the Czech was more involved in the match and the tournament than the Ukrainian, caught at the last minute by the unexpected loss of the defending champion, the Kazakh. Elena Rybakina.

Noskova and Kostyuk met for the fourth time, all this year, and the Czech underlined her hierarchy over Marta, whom she dominates (3-1): Linda lost in the quarterfinals Madridbut then won the semifinals of Wimbledonthe eighths of the US Open and this league of Women’s Masters.

Noskova thus took her first step towards the semifinals in group 1 completed by the Americans. Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegulawho then play the other match of the opening day.

On Monday (9:00 p.m.) group 2 will start with the Aryna matches Sabalenka-Karolina Muchova and Mirra Andreeva-Elina Svitolina. With world No. 1 Rybakina absent, Sabalenka (2nd) inherits the role of favorite to win the ‘master’ title for the first time. In March, the Belarusian was the champion of the Indian Wells WTA 1,000this year the new headquarters of the Women’s Masters.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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