Julia Georges assured her ticket for the finals of the Tennis Tournament of Dubai

Abu Dabi, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) German female tennis player Julia Georges assured her ticket for the finals of the Tennis Tournament of Dubai, United Arab Emirates Friday, beating Danish Caroline Wozniacki -former world number one- 7-6 (7/3) and 7-5 in 2 hours and 12 minutes.   Georges managed to win, and broke most of the competition predictions pointing at Wozniacki as the favourite. This is the third victory for Georges against Wozniacki against two defeats. The most important of Georges  victories was on April 24, 2011 during the dispute of the title for the Open Tournament of Stuttgart, Germany. Georges, 23 years old and number 19 in the world ranking, got five aces in the match against Wozniacki and saved 10 of the 15 break points Wozniacki had. Now Georges will match Polish contender Agnieszka Radwanska, the winner against Serbian Jelena Jankovic 6-2, 2-6 and 6-0 in one hour and 43 minutes The only match between Georges and Radwanska was in the Australian Open last month, in which the Polich athlete won by 6-0 and 6-0. The tournament in Dubai distributes nearly 2 million dollars in prizes.

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