14-year-old Estonian Elizaveta Anikina beats world No. 237 at tennis tournament in Sweden
Estonian tennis player Elizaveta Anikina, aged 14, beat the top seed at an ITF tournament in Sweden in the quarterfinals. She will face Dutch player Clara Veldman in the semifinals.
Elizaveta Anikina, a 14-year-old tennis player from Estonia, beat the tournament's top seed, Swede Kaisa Vilda Hennemann, in the quarterfinals. The match took place in Täby, Sweden, at an ITF World Tennis Tour W15 event, a professional series run by the International Tennis Federation. Hennemann is ranked 237th in the WTA world rankings. The result put Anikina into the semifinals.
It was the second time in her career that Anikina had reached the main draw of a professional tournament. She won two matches in a row there to reach the quarterfinals. The information was reported by ERR Sport.
How the match went
Anikina started the first set strongly and led 4:1. The 25-year-old Swede then levelled the score and moved ahead 5:4. The contest became even, and the winner of the set was decided in a tiebreak, which the Estonian won convincingly, 7:1.
The second set was also tense. At 4:4, Anikina won two games in a row and secured the victory. The final score was 7:6 (7:1), 6:4.
Next opponent
In the semifinals, Anikina will meet 22-year-old Dutch player Clara Veldman, who is ranked 893rd in the world.
