How did Noskova’s great ride in Adelaide end? Definitely nothing to be ashamed of!

In Australia, the tennis hopeful showed several great performances in a row. But this great run of Linda Noskova at the Australian tournament in Adelaide did not end with the title.

Our 18-year-old tennis starlet, who is currently ranked 102nd in the WTA rankings, started this season on the hard surface in Adelaide.

In this tournament she successfully passed the qualification, where she successively defeated Kalinskaya (58 WTA) and Potapova (43 WTA).

A great qualifying performance against higher ranked players foreshadowed success in the main draw of the tournament.

Noskova first defeated Kasatkina (8 WTA), then Liu (59 WTA), former world number one Azarenka (26 WTA) and even current world number two Jabeur in the semi-finals.

In the final match she faced world number five Aryna Sabalenka, whom she eventually lost to after a hard fought 3: 6 and 6: 7 (4: 7).

It was a great match in which Noskova definitely kept up with the higher ranked player.

Sabalenka never lost her serve throughout the match and topped off her performance with 12 aces, which Noskova could not answer.

Noskova said before the match that she didn’t know what she was doing so far in the tournament. Still, I am not afraid to say that this young tennis player is a great promise for the future of Czech tennis and she made her presence known with her great performance at the beginning of the season.

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