Agence France-PresseJune 15, 2013 16:13
Donna Vekic, the 16-year-old whose grass court promise has been likened to that of Maria Sharapova at the same age, upset the seedings a third time to reach the Birmingham WTA final on Saturday.
Vekic did that with a staccato, tortuous, frequently rain-interrupted 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 6-3 win over the former champion, Magdalena Rybarikova, to move into the final of the Wimbledon warm-up event.
It is already the second final of Vekic's brief career, and Saturday's progress has taken her one step further than Sharapova on her debut in Birmingham 10 years ago.
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