Prague Open 2019: Karolina Muchova, Jil Teichmann win maiden semi-finals to reach first ever WTA final

Prague: Karolina Muchova and Jil Teichmann advanced to their first WTA final at the Prague Open on Friday. [caption id=“attachment_6567721” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Karolina Muchova. Reuters[/caption] Muchova, a wild card entry at the clay-court tournament, made her first WTA semi-final victorious after defeating unseeded Bernarda Pera of the United States 6-2, 7-5. Before this week, the Czech had reached a quarter-final on tour only once, in February. Swiss qualifier Teichmann, also playing her first WTA semi-finals, ruined local hopes of an all-Czech final when she beat ninth-seeded Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-0.