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Elizara Yaneva reaches the final at the J500 Plantation 2024 Tennis Tournament

Elizara Yaneva
Photo: Bulgarian Tennis Federation-archive

Elizara Yaneva has qualified for the girls final at the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships in Plantation, Florida. The J500 competition is considered an unofficial world championship for tennis talents aged 12 to 18.

In a semifinal match, the fifth-seeded Bulgarian defeated Ksenia Efremova (France) 6:2, 6:7(5), 7:6(3). Yaneva has lost only one set in her five matches so far, and in the first four matches, she lost only six games.

The Bulgarian tennis player will play for the title against Czech player Tereza Krejcova.




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