Olivia Gadecki is a WTA finalist for the first time

Olivia Gadecki (YouTube)

At the end of last week we discussed the success of Olivia Gadecki of Gold Coast, Australia. Over the weekend, Gadecki recorded another victory as she beat Camila Osorio of Colombia 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Guadalajara Open on Saturday, before losing 7-6, 6-4 to the fifth seed Magdalena Frech of Poland.

Gadecki, who was a qualifier in Mexico, reached her first ever WTA Final. The fact that she made it to the weekend was not expected when you consider the fact Gadecki was ranked 152nd in the world prior to the WTA 500 tournament a week after the United States Open. Now Gadecki is 88th in the world.

This is the second time an Australian reached the final of a WTA tournament in 2024. The first time came at the 2024 Birmingham Classic in June as Ajla Tomljanovic of Brisbane lost to Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, 6-1, 7-6.

Meanwhile, in other tennis news over the weekend, we now know the other nations that have qualified for the knockout stage of the 2024 Davis Cup. Joining Australia, the United States and Germany are Canada, Argentina, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain. Italy is the defending champion as they beat Australia in the final of the 2023 Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain. In fact, Australia has been to the final of the last two Davis Cup finals. They also reached the final of the 2022 Davis Cup Final in Malaga, before losing to Canada. That was the first time ever Canada had won the Davis Cup. The 2024 Davis Cup will go from November 19 to 24.