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The name of the two players who will play in the morning of Sunday the final of the IV ITF Lanzarote Women's, tournament that has been held in the facilities of the Club La Santa, scoring for the WTA ranking and endowed with 10,000 dollars in prizes, is already known. The Spanish Laura Pous fulfilled the predictions, qualifying for her third final in a row and will face the Italian Anna Giulia Remondina, player who eliminated the second seed of the tournament. In the doubles draw, Petra Januskova and Jia-Jing Lu, lifted the trophy of champions by winning to Elise Mertens and Bernice Van de Velde.
The day of Saturday began with the celebration of the two semifinals of the individual draw, matches that were scheduled in the Central Court of the Club La Santa. The first turn of the day was for the Spanish Laura Pous and the Chinese Jia-Jing Lu. As it has been happening throughout this week, the Catalan player is increasingly comfortable on the court and does not accuse the accumulated fatigue by the large number of matches played. Laura Pous prevailed by 6/3 and 6/2 to Jia-Jing Lu and accesses to her third consecutive final in the ITF Lanzarote.
The second semifinal would face the Russian Yana Buchina against the Italian Anna Giulia Remondina. The Italian, with a more direct game, was able to gradually take the Russian out of the playing court, falling the points on the side of Anna Giulia. The number three seed eliminated Yana Buchina, prevailing by 6/1 and 6/3.
The final of the IV ITF Lanzarote Women's will face Laura Pous (Spain) against Anna Giulia Remondina (Italy). The two players already faced each other once, specifically in 2010 in Foggia (Italy), match in which Laura Pous prevailed by 7/6 and 6/2. The Spanish player seeks her fourteenth title as a professional tennis player and the Italian, player who this Saturday won her match number 200 in the world circuit, will try to win her tenth tournament. From 11:00 am will be held the final of the IV ITF Lanzarote Women's in the facilities of the Club La Santa.
Januskova and Jia-Jing, champions of the doubles draw
At the conclusion of the semifinals of the individual draw, the grand final of doubles of the IV ITF Lanzarote was held. A final that faced the couple formed by Petra Januskova (Canada) and Jia-Jing Lu (China) against Elise Mertens (Belgium) and Bernice Van de Velde. The match would have to be resolved in the modality of "super tie-break", after each couple won a set.
In the first set, Petra Januskova and Jia-Jing Lu prevailed by a score of 7/5. Elise Mertens and Bernice Van de Velde tied the match in the second set by winning it by 5/7. And the final was resolved in the "super tie-break", leaning on the side of Petra Januskova and Jia-Jing Lu by 10 to 6, result that proclaimed them champions of the doubles draw. The Belgian Elise Mertens has reached three doubles finals, two with Arabela Fernández and this one with Berdice Van del Velde, and she has ended up losing all three.
