Kiki Bertens reaches semi-final in WTA tennis championship

Kiki Bertens. Photo Si.robi via Wikimedia Commons
Kiki Bertens. Photo Si.robi via Wikimedia Commons
Kiki Bertens. Photo Si.robi via Wikimedia Commons
Kiki Bertens. Photo Si.robi via Wikimedia Commons

Dutch tennis player Kiki Bertens has reached the semi-finals of the WTA Finals tennis championship in Singapore.

Her opponent, Naomi Osaka, had sustained a leg injury and retired after the first set, putting the Dutch player through to the next round.

‘It’s never easy or never nice to win a match like this, but it is what it is,’ she said in a press conference after the match, according to the WTA. ‘I’ll take it, and I’ll take my rest, and I have some more recovery time for tomorrow.’

The 26-year-old Bertens is reportedly the second Dutch player to have made it this far in the competition.

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