Elena Vesnina
Russian tennis player Elena Vesnina and Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the final of the tournament in American Indian wells and will play each other in the finals. About it the correspondent “Tapes.ru”.
The eighth-seeded Kuznetsova in the semifinals, defeated the third seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova— 7:6 (7:5), 7:6 (7:2). The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes.
Vesnina (14) took over France’s Kristina Mladenovic (28) — 6:3, 6:4. Tennis players spent on the court 1 hour and 25 minutes.
The Russian final of the tournament in Indian wells will be held for the second time in history. In 2006 in the final match Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva. Turned out to be stronger, Sharapova became the first Russian who won this tournament.
The competition in Indian wells are from 8 to 19 March. The prize Fund of female tournament is 6,99 million dollars.