Tomase dominates in second set to reach Rimini W15 quarterfinal
Latvian Marija Tomase defeated a higher-ranked opponent and won a set 6-0 for the first time in her career on the world tour, advancing to the Rimini W15 quarterfinal.
24-year-old Latvian tennis player Marija Tomase entered her match in Rimini as the favorite, with bookmakers offering odds of 1.40 on her victory. She lived up to expectations, winning the match in 1 hour and 53 minutes.
The statistics show Tomase's clear advantage across all key indicators. Her first-serve percentage was 73%, compared to her opponent's 64%. An even bigger gap appeared in break points converted — 5 out of 16 for Tomase versus just 1 out of 1 for her rival. The total points won also favored Tomase, 78 to 54. Both players had an identical ace-to-double-fault ratio of 1-4.
A career milestone
Particularly notable was the second set, which Tomase won 6-0. According to Sportacentrs, this marked the first time in her career that the Latvian defeated a ranked opponent on the world tour with such a decisive scoreline.
For reaching the quarterfinal, Tomase will receive approximately 367 US dollars in prize money along with three ranking points. Her next opponent will be 39-year-old German Anna Schaefer, a former world No. 162 now ranked around 1018th. Schaefer earned her spot by beating another Latvian, Daniela Vismane, 7-5, 6-1.
Other Latvian results
At the concurrent France W15 tournament, Latvian Diāna Marcinkēviča lost in the quarterfinal to Spain's Marta Soriano, 2-6, 1-6.
In doubles, the top-seeded Latvian-Swedish pair of Beatrise Zeltiņa and Kajsa Hennemann will face German twin sisters of Ukrainian origin, Taisiya and Yana Morderger, in the semifinal.
