Alina Charaeva reaches WTA 125 final in Courmayeur

Armenia’s Alina Charaeva has reached the final of the WTA 125 tournament in Courmayeur, Italy. In the semifinal on October 31, the second seed defeated France’s Elsa Jacquemot 6–2, 4–6, 6–1.

Charaeva won the opening set convincingly, but her opponent levelled the match in the second. In the deciding set, the Armenian representative dropped just one game to secure her fourth consecutive victory at the tournament.

In the final on November 1, Charaeva will face Germany’s Noma Noha Akugue, who defeated top seed Anna Blinkova 6–4, 6–3 in the other semifinal.