[新聞] 17-year-old Amanda Anisimova cracks the Top 100 for the first time
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17-year-old Amanda Anisimova cracks the Top 100 for the first time
SEPTEMBER 16, 2018
by JOVICA ILIC
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Amanda Anisimova, one of the most promising youngsters in the world has
turned 17 just two weeks ago and despite her young age and the lack of
experience on the Tour she will play in her first WTA final in Hiroshima
after a hard-fought 7-6 7-5 win over the top seed Zhang Shuai in an hour and
48 minutes. Thus, Amanda is the youngest player in the WTA final since Donna
Vekic in 2012 and 2013 and she is also the first player born in 2001 who will
enter the Top 100, passing Olga Danilovic who delivered the first WTA crown
for 2001 generation after beating her coeval Anastasia Potapova.
Amanda had to qualify for the main draw but that wasn't an obstacle for her,
delivering her finest tennis to move a step away from the first WTA title,
the first out of many she is going to win in her career. Things are not
getting any easier for the youngster, facing world number 40 Su-Wei Hsieh in
one of the most important matches of her career so far.
Anisimova claimed three wins in two days just to enter the main draw and she
claimed commanding wins over Jana Fett, Saisai Zheng and Anna Karolina
Schimedlova to reach the semis, preserving the energy after spending just
over three hours on the court in the opening three main draw matches.
This is only the eighth tournament of the season for Anisimova which puts
more light on her accomplishment, reaching the fourth round at Indian Wells
before suffering a foot fracture in the opening round of Miami that had kept
her off the court for four months.
Amanda played in the third round of Cincinnati and she bounced back after the
opening round loss at the US Open to reach the title match here in Hiroshima
and secure her place in the Top 100 for the first time, writing history for
her generation.
Amanda is a former junior world number 2 and 2017 US Open champion, winning
the title just after turning 16 and ending her junior journey there to focus
on her pro career, already showing amazing skills and determination to be one
of the leading players on the Tour in the future.
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