Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, seeded n°2, reached the semi-finals of the Cincinnati tournament, winning two sets to nil (7-5, 6-3) against Tunisian Ons Jabeur, seeded n° 5, in Cincinnati, Friday in night session.
Sabalenka, 2nd in the world at the WTA, will face Karolina Muchova in the semi-finals of the Cincy Open.
Earlier in the tournament, the Belarusian tenniswoman had beaten the American qualifier Ann Li in three sets (7-5, 2-6, 6-4), and had dominated the Russian Daria Kasatkina, seeded n ° 14, without being worried about the score (6-3, 6-3).
Jabeur, ranked 5th in the WTA, needed three sets to dominate the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (6-3, 6-7 [2]7-6 [2]), and had taken advantage of the abandonment of the Croatian Donna Vekic (5-2 ab.).
The other meetings of the quarter-finals in Cincinnati (WTA 1000, hard, 2,788,468 USD, results are displayed from newest to oldest):
- Coco Gauff (#7) – Jasmine Paolini (Q) : 6-3, 6-2
- Karolina Muchova – Marie Bouzkova: Muchova qualified (3-0 ab.)
- Iga Swiatek (N.1) – Marketa Vondrousova (N.10) : 7-6 [3]6-1
2023-08-19 01:22:36
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