Russian tennis player due to injury did not finish the semifinals in Seoul
Alina Korneeva refused to continue the fight in the match with the Australian Maya Joint with the score 2:6, 0:1
Russian tennis player Alina Korneeva could not reach the final of the WTA 250 tournament in Seoul.
In the 1/2 finals, the 19-year-old Korneeva met with Australian Maya Joint, the 99th racket of the world. Due to a hip injury, the Russian refused to continue the fight with the score 2: 6, 0: 1.
In the decisive match, Joyte will play against compatriot Kimberly Birrell.
Korneeva reached the semifinals for the third time in her career and the second in the season at the WTA tournament. The first time it happened in October 2024 in the Mexican Merida, where she lost to the Turkish Zeynep Sonmez. And in July this year in Athens, she lost to the Greek Maria Saccari.
The Russian tennis player, winner of the junior Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2023 and the former first racket of the world among juniors, now occupies the 81st place in the WTA ranking.
The tournament in Seoul with a prize pool of $ 283,000 will last until September 27.
