17-year-old Czech Vondroušová reaches first career semifinal at Biel

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17-year-old Czech Vondroušová reaches first career semifinal at Biel

Are you ready for another Czech lefty with out-of-this-world talent? Ready or not, here she comes. 17-year-old Markéta Vondroušová stormed past compatriot Kristyna Pliskova and into the Ladies Open Biel Bienne semifinals on Friday with a 6-2, 7-5 victory.

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In the last 52 weeks Vondroušová has gone 31-6 at all professional levels with two ITF titles and four finals, but not until this week at Biel, Switzerland did she assert herself against the tour-level and against the Top 100.

Playing her first tour-level event since last April at Prague, Vondroušová has rolled to the semifinals (career record: now 4-1), notching her first two Top 100 wins in the process.

But the tests will only get tougher for the World No.233 – she’ll face fellow Czech Barbora Strycova in Saturday’s semis in her first match against a Top 20 player.

Strycova passed through to the semis when Julia Goerges had to retire down a game in the third set due to injury.

The other semifinal at the inaugural Biel event will feature qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Anett Kontaveit.

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