​Caroline Garcia continued her great run from Cincinnati, the athlete from France made it to the semifinals after defeating 7th seed Jessica Pegula. In the penultimate act of the competition of the WTA 1000 category, only one athlete from the TOP-10 of the world.

Caroline beat Jessica in two sets with a score of 6-1, 7-5, and in the semifinals she will meet Aryna Sabalenko (the winner of the 7th place in the WTA beat Shelby Rogers in the quarters).

Madison Keys (24 WTA) and Petra Kvitova (28 WTA) will meet in the other semifinal.

Only one athlete from the world TOP-10 reached the semifinals (Aryna Sabalenko – 7 WTA), others are outside the top 20 of the WTA hierarchy: Madison Keys (24), Petra Kvitova (28) and Caroline Garcia (35). ) ).

WTA Cincinnati, semifinals schedule

Madison Keys – Petra Kvitova (from 18:00)

Caroline Garcia – Aryna Sabalenko (no earlier than 20:00)

*The matches will take place on Saturday 20 August and can be watched live on Digisport 2.

Caroline Garcia vs. Jessica Pegula

Aryna Sabalenko vs. Shuai Zhang

Madison Keys vs. Elena Rybakina

Petra Kvitova against Ayla Tomlyanovych

The Western & Southern Open is the last tournament before the US Open 2022

WTA 1000 category competition. The tournament is contested in hard mode from August 15 to 21, 2022. The total prize pool is $2,527,250 and there are 64 players at the start of the main draw. The reigning champion is Ashley Barty (now retired), who won the title last year.