TSHWANE, April 2, 2022 (Tennis SA Press Release)

Unseeded Lina Glushko of Israel fought back from a set down to beat British eighth seed Yuriko Miyazaki in a scintillating Tuks International clash on Saturday and book a maiden ITF World Tennis Tour W60 final spot.

The World No. 329 Glushko, recovered from a slow start to beat the world No. 238 ranked Miyazaki in three sets 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a match that took one hour and 55 minutes.

In another match, Russian sixth seed Anastasia Tikhonova advanced to the final after her opponent Joanne Zuger of Switzerland retired due to a back injury in the second set of their semi-final match-up.

After almost an hour of action, the Swiss seventh seed took a medical time-out for a back injury, but it was clear she could not continue. Tikhonova won the opening set 6-3 and was leading 1-0 in the second set when Zuger retired.

The 21-year-old Tikhonova, who is coached by ATP Tour World No. 7 Andrey Rublev’s mother Marina Marenko, will also appear in her first $60,000 level tournament final on Sunday at TuksTennis, University of Pretoria.

In the doubles event, the third seeded pair of Eudice Wong Chong and Hong Yi Condy Wong from Hong Kong added the Tuks International doubles title to their collection by defeating the top seeded duo of Timea Babos from Hungary and Russian Valeria Savinykh in the doubles final. The third-seeded pair won 7-5, 5-7, 13-11.

Tuks International doubles champions! 🏆🏆

The third seeded pair of Eudice Wong Chong and Hong Yi Condy Wong from Hong Kong beat top seeds Timea Babos from Hungary and Russian Valeria Savinykh 7-5, 5-7, 13-11 to win the W60 doubles title.#TuksInternational pic.twitter.com/b0rW1b1076

— Tennis South Africa (@TennisSA) April 2, 2022