KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan – Venus Williams booked her spot in the Taiwan Open final without dropping a set all tournament long, but the No.1 seed had to overcome a stiff challenge from Yulia Putintseva to get there.
At the start, it seemed like the match was going to be smooth sailing for the American – Williams broke the No.3 seed early and rushed ahead to a 4-1 lead. But after some words from her coach during the changeover, Putintseva roared to life, winning four out of the next five games to level the score at 5-5.
They stayed toe to toe until a double fault and a mishit forehand from Putintseva gave Williams a break to close out the opening set at 7-5.
Williams and Putintseva started out the second set as evenly matched as they ended the previous one: they traded breaks and holds to keep the score tied at 2-2. But from then the errors began to creep up on Putintseva and Williams closed out the match 7-5, 6-3.
Venus Williams avanzo a la final del Abierto de Taiwn no si antes superar un tremendo susto alte Yulia Putintseva….
y es que el comeienzo fue bueno para la america que estuvo arriba 4-1, pero tuvo que aguantar una fuerte reaccion de su rival que remonto y puso el primer set 5-5…y que a la postre la preclasificada numero uno ganaria 7-5…al final los parciales fueron 7-5 y 6-3….ahora Williams en la final se enfrentara a una rival que no ha perdido un solo set…Misaki Doi….