{"id":141157,"date":"2025-09-13T14:18:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T14:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/141157\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T14:18:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T14:18:30","slug":"young-sensation-iva-jovic-grabs-headlines-after-cementing-first-ever-tour-level-semifinal-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/141157\/","title":{"rendered":"Young sensation Iva Jovic grabs headlines after cementing first-ever tour-level semifinal berth"},"content":{"rendered":"

America\u2019s young sensation Iva Jovic<\/a> produced a remarkable
\nperformance and booked her place in the semifinal of the Guadalajara Open. The WTA 500 event is moving towards a conclusion with the semifinal lineup completed on Friday.<\/p>\n

One of the last four participants will be America\u2019s Jovic, who secured her spot in the semifinal of the competition after beating Andora\u2019s Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva with a score of 6-3, 3-6, 7-6. During the match,
\nJovic converted six break points. She won 55 points on serve, which were 11 more
\nthan Kasintseva.<\/p>\n

Talking after the match, the 17-year-old was clearly
\necstatic and stated that she was \u2018still shaking\u2019 after securing the triumph.
\nJovic also stated that she never thought of getting so much support and thanked
\nthe crowd for lifting her up. \u201cI\u2019m still shaking,\u201d said Jovic. \u201cI can’t believe
\nI got through that match — it was so up and down. But I never expected to get
\nso much support here in Guadalajara. You guys got me through the match.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jovic further went on to thank the people sitting in
\nthe stands in Spanish.\u201cMuch\u00edsimas gracias por venir a apoyarme,\u201d Jovic said.
\n\u201cMe pusieron los pelos de punta. Me ayudaron a superar el partido.\u201d<\/p>\n

First tour-level semifinal<\/p>\n

With that performance, Jovic is now set to improve her rankings
\nimmensely. As things stand, Jovic has already gained 19 positions in the WTA
\nlive rankings and is currently placed in the 54th spot. If she
\nmanages to win the competition, Jovic will go as high as 36th in the
\nWTA rankings with 1,413 rating points.<\/p>\n

Jovic started the campaign with a straight set win over Poland\u2019s Katarzyna Kawa in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. In the second round, she got the better of Camila Osorio in straight sets as well, with a score of 6-4, 6-2. Jovic\u2019s next opponent will be the Czech Republic\u2019s Nikola Bartunkova. The 19-year-old cemented her spot in the last-four after beating Poland\u2019s Magdalena Frech in straight sets with a score of 7-5, 6-4. It will be the first-ever meeting between the two players in professional tennis.<\/p>\n

In the other two quarterfinals, Colombia\u2019s Emiliana Arango
\nand Elsa Jacquemot secured victories. Arango defeated Marina Stakusic of Canada
\nin straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-3. Arango was far superior compared to
\nher rival as she converted six break points in the match, four more than
\nStakusic. Arango won 61.5 percent service points in the match, considerably
\nhigher than Stakusic who won just 43.6 percent points while serving.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Jacquemot defeated Germany\u2019s Tatjana
\nMaria with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Jacquemot converted six break points in
\nthe match. In comparison, Maria won five break points. Jacquemot won 54.7
\npercent service points as well. It will be the first meeting between the two players
\nin professional tennis as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"America\u2019s young sensation Iva Jovic produced a remarkable performance and booked her place in the semifinal of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-141157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}