By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Saturday, July 29, 2023

Tight tests don't scare Elisabetta Cocciaretto.

The second-seeded Cocciaretto rallied for a 6-7(3), 7-6(6), 7-5 win over Anna Bondar to reach her her second final of the season at the Ladies Open Lausanne.

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Rain delayed play and created heavy conditions on the red clay.

Bondar battled through the first-set tiebreaker. In the second set, Cocciaretto asserted her aggression a bit more knocking off a smash to take the second-set tiebreaker and force a decider.

Despite wearing taping around her right shoulder and left thigh, Cocciaretto was moving smoothly in the final set. Pushing Bondar corner-to-corner she provoked an error to break back for 3-3 in the decider.



Cocciaretto reeled off eight of the last 10 points to secure a spot in her second final of the season and first since she was runner-up to Lauren Davis in the Hobart final last January. Cocciaretto improved to 18-13 on the season, including a 5-4 record in three-setters.

The world No. 42 will play a Frenchwoman, either Diane Parry or Clara Burel, in tomorrow's Lausanne final.

Photo credit: Ladies Lausanne Open