Nastasja Schunk on title hunt: Finale in Villach against Sakellaridi!

Nastasja Schunk on title hunt: Finale in Villach against Sakellaridi!

In an exciting semi-finals, Nastasja Schunk today impressively solved her ticket for the final of the W35 tournament in Villach. The 21-year-old prevailed against the Slovakian Radka Zelnickova with 7: 6 (6) and 6: 4 and showed that she is a fighter. Especially in the first sentence she demonstrated nerve strength: after a 3: 6 deficit in the tiebreak, Schunk fought three set balls before winning the first set. This reports wtatentis.de .

What a duel! The second sentence was no less dramatic. Schunk managed to keep their concentration high over the entire season and showed a lot of heart on the pitch. This victory is particularly important, after all, it was only a few weeks ago that she lost in three sets in the final of Santa Margherita di Pula against Nuria Brancaccio. A title win in Carinthia could be Schunk's first after almost four years.

a long way back

For the young Austrian, a triumph in Villach would be a long -awaited comeback after an injury phase that she took out of the game for more than a year. Most recently, in 2021 she celebrated a tournament victory in Bydgoszcz and Braunschweig. At that time she even climbed to 161th place in the world rankings before her deep beats began. Now she seems ready to start again.

In the final, Schunk meets the Greek Sapfo Sakellaridi, who prevailed in the other semi -finals against Laura Samson from the Czech Republic in a gripping match. Sakellaridi was even 2: 4 in the third set, but then fought back and showed that she too has what it takes to win. That will be exciting!

A look at the statistics

Schunk's performance was extremely impressive, and here is a look at some of the crucial points from the semi -finals:

• sentence 1: Schunk fended off three set balls and decided on the tie -break.
• final score of the game: 7: 6 (6), 6: 4.

It remains to be hoped that Nastasja Schunk will show her good hands in the final and get the title home. Your fans are looking forward to the big day!