Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova will face Ana Bogdan in the final of the Transylvania Open tournament, the only WTA 250 level in Romania, after defeating Britain's Harriet Dart, 6-3, 6-3, in BT on Saturday night Arena in Cluj-Napoca.
Pliskova (31 years old, 78 WTA) prevailed after an hour and 23 minutes in front of an opponent from the qualifications (27 years old, 103 WTA), reports Agerpres.
The Czech also defeated Dart in 2018 in the first round at Wimbledon, 7-6 (7/2), 2-6, 6-1, and last year in the qualifiers in Doha, 6-1, 6-2 .
In the first semifinal, a Romanian one, Ana Bogdan defeated Jaqueline Cristian 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
Karolina Pliskova and Ana Bogdan (31 years old, 65 WTA) have faced each other three times so far, the Czech winning each time. The first match took place in Bad Gastein (Austria) in 2014, with Pliskova winning 6-2, 7-5 in the round of 16, then she won in the second round at the US Open in 2018, 6-2, 6-3 , and last year, in Doha, in the first round, he won 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
