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Riske saved four of five break points and
collected her third top 10 win of the year. She will take on
two-time tournament champion and No. 5 seed Petra Kvitova of the
Czech Republic for a berth in the final. Kvitova was a 6-2, 6-4
winner against Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine.
The other semifinal pits defending champion and No. 9 seed Aryna
Sabalenka of Belarus against No. 1 seed Ashleigh Barty of
Australia. Barty outlasted Croatia's Petra Martic 7-6 (6), 3-6,
6-3 and Sabalenka defeated Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 6-3, 1-6,
6-1.
Tashkent Open
No. 5 seed Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic ousted
top-seeded Slovakian Viktoria Kuzmova 6-2, 6-4 to reach the
semifinals in Uzbekistan.
Pliskova struck 15 aces and won 81 percent of her first-service
points. She will face No. 3 seed Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium,
a 6-2, 6-4 winner against France's Pauline Parmentier.
In the other half of the draw, No. 8 seed Sorana Cirstea of
Romania overcame Montenegro's Danka Kovinic 7-5, 5-7, 6-1, and
Ukraine's Katarina Zavatska crushed Russia's Anna Kalinskaya
6-0, 6-2.
--Field Level Media
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