The Vanda Pharmaceuticals Athens Open WTA 250 reaches its semifinal stage on Saturday, with Maria Sakkari leading the home challenge in a packed day of action at Stadium Sports Center.
The eighth and penultimate day of the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Athens Open WTA 250 features semifinal action in both the singles and doubles draws, with four players battling for the two places in Sunday's championship match.
Home favorite Maria Sakkari headlines Saturday's schedule as she takes on Alina Korneeva in front of the Greek crowd. Their semifinal is scheduled for not before 7:30 p.m. at Stadion Sports Center, with the winner advancing to the tournament final.
The second singles semifinal, featuring top seed Clara Tauson and third seed Barbora Krejcikova, will begin immediately after the conclusion of the Sakkari–Korneeva match.
Saturday's action gets underway with the doubles semifinal between Maia Lumsden (GBR) / Qianhui Tang (CHN) and Xinyu Jiang (CHN) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE), with the winning team earning the second remaining place in the doubles final.
Day 8 Schedule
Center Court(Starts at 5:30 p.m. local time)
- [4] Maia Lumsden (GBR) / Qianhui Tang (CHN) vs. [2] Xinyu Jiang (CHN) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE)
- Not before 7:30 p.m. – [4] Maria Sakkari (GRE) vs. Alina Korneeva
- [1] Clara Tauson (DEN) vs. [3] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)
Tickets for the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Athens Open WTA 250 are available throughathens-open.comandTicketmaster.
