Second seed Ons Jabeur has dropped only one sport on her option to a walkover win in opposition to an unwell Anna Kalinskaya within the quarter-finals of the WTA’s Charleston Open.
Jabeur, who fell to Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic within the championship match right here a 12 months in the past, was main Friday’s match 6-0 4-1 when Kalinskaya retired on account of sickness.
No.3 seed Daria Kasatkina and defending champion Bencic – seeded 4 – additionally superior to the semi-finals on the season’s first clay-court match.
Kasatkina dropped the primary set to 2019 champion Madison Keys earlier than rallying for a 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-2 victory.
Bencic gained her ninth straight match on the inexperienced clay of the Credit One Tennis Center, defeating seventh seed Ekatarina Alexandrova 6-3 6-3.
World No.5 Jabeur has but to drop a set in three matches, and the Tunisian will likely be eager to maintain her good kind going in opposition to Kasatkina within the final 4.
“I was feeling good in practice, I was training well with my team,” Jabeur mentioned.
“Playing matches is always different. And I felt like, ‘OK, I’m just going to focus on each match and see what’s going to happen’.”
Keys was two video games away from advancing, up a set and 4-3 within the second when Kasatkina discovered her groove to win 9 of the final 11 video games.
The 25-year-old Russian had not gained a couple of match in her previous six tournaments, together with a first-round exit final day out on the Miami Open.
Now, she is a win away from a WTA last.
“The beginning of the year was a bit rough,” Kasatkina mentioned. “I’m just so happy to finally be on the right track.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
