Emma Radukanu (10 WTA) and Victoria Azarenka (20 WTA) were eliminated from the quarters of the WTA 250 tournament in Washington.
Redukana was defeated by Russian Lyudmila Samsonova, 60th WTA, score 7-6 (6), 6-1.
China’s Xia Wang, ranked 95th in the world, defeated Victoria Azarenka, ranked 20th in the WTA, 6-1, 6-3.
Samsonova and Wang will face each other in the semifinals, News.ro reports.
In the other semi-final, the Estonian Kaia Kanepi, who overcame the Russian Anna Kalinska (6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3), and the Australian Daria Saville, who won the match with Rebecca Marino, will meet. (6-1, 7-5).
The WTA 250 tournament in Washington has a prize pool of $251,750 and is held on a “hard” surface.
Samsonov in the semi-finals! uD83DuDCA5@LyudaSamsonova upsetting No. 2 seed Emma Radukan 7-6, 6-1 to reach #ReadOpen Final 4️⃣ pic.twitter.com/JxH1sMcgve
— Citi Open (@CitiOpen) August 6, 2022
Final 4️⃣#ReadOpen pic.twitter.com/jxnbEDPtEk
— Citi Open (@CitiOpen) August 6, 2022
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