Tennis player Zvonareva reached the finals of a major ITF tournament at the age of 41.

Former world number two Vera Zvonareva made it to the finals of the ITF W100 tournament in Dubai on December 6.

In the semifinal match, Zvonareva was stronger than 16-year-old British athlete Mika Stoysavljevic, who ranks 342nd in the world ranking. The meeting lasted 3 hours and 8 minutes and ended with a score 6:3, 6:7 (4:7), 6:4.

In the final, the Russian will play with the winner of the match Petra Marcinko (Croatia) — Xinyu Gao (China).

For Zvonareva, this is the first time she has reached the finals of a singles tournament since 2020. In addition, she will play a semifinal match in doubles at competitions in the UAE, reports Sport-Express.

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Earlier, on December 1, Zvonareva qualified for the next stage of the W100 tournament. In the first round, she defeated the 238th racket of the world Tara Würth from Croatia with a score of 6:3, 6:4.

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