World No. 115, Maria Camila Osorio Serrrano of Columbia, will take on Ana Konjuh of Croatia, the world 189, in the semi-final of the 2021 Belgrade Open on Saturday, May 22. Get the live streaming options of this Maria Camila Osorio Serrrano v Ana Konjuh match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Maria Camila Osorio Serrano v Ana Konjuh Head to Head
The pair have never met before. This will be the first match between the teenage Columbian and the Croat.
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Osorio Serrano’s Breakout Success Continues
19-year old Osorio Serrano’s break-out season continues to gather pace.
Having achieved her maiden singles’ win on the main WTA tour at the Copa Colsanitas on home soil last month, she followed that up by reaching the semi-final in Charleston.
And now, having come through two rounds of qualifying first she has emulated that feat in Belgrade.
And she has got here by winning three matches in the main draw, starting with the world 43, Shuai Zhang of China, who she defeated in three sets.
She then beat Kamilia Rakhimova of Russia in a battle of the 19-year-olds, again in three sets.
The Columbian then outclassed the world 103, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, in their quarter-final on Friday, beating her in straight sets.
The first set was initially close with the pair swapping service breaks twice, but, serving to stay in the set, the Russian faltered again, and the Columbian broke once more to take the lead.
Osorio Serrano held serve at the start of the second set, before a sequence of five games against the serve ensued,
Two breaks up, the Columbian held swerve once more and then underlined her dominance with a final break.
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Konjuh’s Maintains 2021 Inspired Form
Like her opponent on Saturday, Konjuh has already had a good 2021 so far, reaching the quarter-finals in Miami, by far her best result in a WTA 1000 event, and then progressing to the same stage in Istanbul.
Now she has gone one better in Belgrade, with three impressive wins to her name, all against higher ranked players. .
She was made to work hard to beat Alison van Uytvanck, the Belgian world 67, in three sets in the first round, but then raised her game to defeat the second seed and world 35, Yulia Putintseva from Kazakhstan, defeating her in straight sets.
That earned her a quarter-final against Nadia Podoroska of Argentine a semi-finalist at the French Open last October.
And again, it was the Croat who defied the odds to progress.
That did not look likely in the first set, when, having broken Podoroska early, Konjuh dropped her own serve twice in succession.
However, she broke back to level, and with Podoroska serving to stay in the set, she broke her again after a marathon game which saw no fewer than 12 deuces, and five set points, the fifth of which she was finally able to convert.
The pair again swapped breaks at the start of the second set, but this time Konjuh forced a second break, and from there was able to control the rest of the match.
Serving to stay in the match Podoroska saved one match pint, but was unable to prevent Konjuh finishing things off in the next game.
Maria Camila Osorio Serrano v Ana Konjuh Prediction and Tip
Before the week started, the odds on either women making the semi-finals would have been long, let alone both of them. However, the prize on offer for the pair of qualifiers is huge, in terms of reaching their first senior WTA final. Konjuh is the older of the pair and has more experience, and that may just stand her in good stead in this match.
Tip: Konjuh to win: 4/6 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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