TENNIS in DEPTH.

Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky defeated fifth-seeded Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 on Saturday to make the finals of the Luxembourg Open.

Bacsinszky struggled in the third set to keep her lead, as Wickmayer fought back to tie the set 5-5 before the Swiss player won the match after the Belgian hit the ball into the net. Wickmayer was suffering from too much tennis in too few weeks. She continually lost her focus and concentration, and at times seemed tired and disinterested. This loss brings to an end her phenominal win streak that will place her in the top twenty when the WTA rankings come out on Monday.

Bacsinszky will play for her first WTA Tour single’s title on Sunday against sixth-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany. Lisicki fought hard to come back from 2-4 in the third set against Shahar Peer to force a tie breaker which she eventually won for a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 victory.

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