A big victory for Shavit Kimhi, ranked 566 in the world, in the eighth final of Future Netanya for women.
Kimchi won today (Thursday) in three sets over the first-ranked in the tournament and 109th in the world, Harmony Tan from France, after a game that lasted close to two and a half hours.
The first set ended in a 2: 6 victory for Kimchi, the Frenchwoman responded with 3: 6 of her own but Kimchi came back with 3: 6 in the third and decisive set.
The Israeli will meet tomorrow in the quarterfinals Matilda Motavedic from Great Britain (599 in the world) who advanced from the qualifiers and defeated the rising star 3: 6, 6: 2 and 5: 7 the 16-year-old Czech Linda Nuskova (8 in the tournament and 328 in the world) , Who this year won the title of Roland Garros champion for girls and three senior titles.
Lina Glushko, ranked 547th in the world, also advanced to the quarterfinals after a 4-6 and 2-6 victory over Christie Freya from Great Britain (760th in the world) who advanced from the qualifiers. Glushko, who defeated Marie Benoit in the first round, ranked 3rd in the tournament and 274th in the world, will next meet Swedish Fanny Ostlund (584th in the world). Nicole Nadel, rising early was defeated 6: 1 and 6: 2 by Chloe Paka France, ranked second in the tournament and -165.
Competition couples qualified Glosko and Kimchi semifinals after victory 6: 0 and 2: 6 Sabrina Klndrob And Coral Koldowski in an Israeli derby, Nicole Real and Kristin Yunes were defeated in the quarterfinals.
This is the first of four consecutive international competitions to be held in the coming month, two for women and two for men.