Ukrainian Kateryna Kozlova was unable for the first time in his career to reach the final of tournament of series WTA.
For the final tournament with a prize Fund of $250,000 Kozlov competed with the hundredth-ranked Kristina Pliskova. Tennis player for the third time met at the official level.
The beginning of the match was for the Gantry – Ukrainian made a break, but then lost his serve. With the score 3:2 Catherine due to aggressive play on the back line once again took the feed Pliskova, and then again defended his serve.
The key moment of the match came in the ninth game – Kozlov are unable to apply for a set. Pliskova instantly took the initiative and did not let the rival to the realized match-bol. The first set, the Czech took the tiebreak and the second party neither gave the Gantry a single game.
Due to the semi-finals in the capital of Uzbekistan Ekaterina Kozlova has earned over 11 million dollars in prize money and got 110 points. Next week, the native of Nikolaev will update personal achievement in the world classification.
Kateryna Kozlova (Ukraine) — Kristina Pliskova (Czech Republic) — 6:7, 0:6
