Na Li v Petra Cetkovska WTA New Haven Open live stream preview
Cetkovska is searching for her first ever WTA title.(credit: Wikimedia)
Live Tennis Staff - 26 Aug 2011
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Na Li produced a determined display on Thursday night at the WTA New Haven Open, and managed to overcome eighth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in a crowd pleasing three-setter (6-4, 3-6, 6-2). The second seed had appeared to be in trouble at certain times, and she’ll be glad to have left the court with a victory having only won four more points throughout the match than her Russian opponent.
Li is now set to face Petra Cetkovska tonight for a place in the final. Cetkovska managed to extend her head to head lead over Marion Bartoli to 2-0 in the last eight, following a gutsy 7-5, 7-5 success. Cetkovska has racked up plenty of wins this season, and she’ll be eager to close in on what would be her first ever WTA title.
The only previous matchup between Li and Cetkovska took place in Monterrey in 2009, where Li claimed a fairly comfortable 6-3, 6-4 victory. Li is expected to get the better of Cetkovska again tonight, but she’s by no means guaranteed to win. This could be a very close contest.