Japan Open: American teen Krueger through to first WTA final
The 19-year-old will play the winner of the match between top seed Lin Zhu and No 3 seed Xinyu Wang in the final
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American Ashlyn Krueger won against Japanese wildcard Mai Hontama 6-3, 6-3 to move into the final of the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships on Saturday.
This is the first WTA Tour level final for the 19-year-old American, who is now projected to make her top 100 debut in the world rankings next week.
Krueger, ranked No 123 currently, will face the winner of the match between top seed Lin Zhu and No 3 seed Xinyu Wang in the final.
Ahead of her win today, the American teen defeated Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl, the No 8 seed (6-2, 6-3), Frenchwoman Jessika Ponchet (6-4, 6-1) and Russian Anna Kalinskaya (6-3, 6-1).
Hontama, ranked No 176 in the world, had scored wins over Su Jeong Jang (7-5, 0-6, 6-2), Argentinian Nadia Podoroska, the No 5 seed (6-3, 6-3) and Dutch qualifier Arianne Hartono (6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-1) in the previous rounds.
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