Guangzhou:Uzbek Polina Kudermetova and Russian Maria Timofeeva have secured their spot in the Guangzhou Open doubles final. The duo triumphed over American Venus Williams and Indonesia's Janice Tjen in a hard-fought three-set semifinal match.
According to Qatar News Agency, Kudermetova and Timofeeva took the opening set 6-4. However, Williams and Tjen made a comeback by winning the second set 7-6, with a tiebreak score of 10-8. The match concluded with Kudermetova and Timofeeva clinching the deciding tiebreak 10-6, ensuring their advancement to the final.
Williams, participating in the tournament with wild-card entries for both singles and doubles, was previously eliminated from the singles competition in the first round after losing to Austria's Lilli Tagger 6-2, 6-2.