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Saville breezed past Xiyu Wang of China 6-3, 6-0 in 73 minutes
in the quarterfinals and was slated to face Ukrainian 10th seed
Marta Kostyuk in the semifinals. However, Kostyuk withdrew from
the tournament because of a shoulder injury, allowing Saville a
spot in Sunday's final via walkover.
Before withdrawing, Kostyuk defeated Rebecca Marino of Canada
6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
No. 1 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia kept going Thursday by
taking down Spanish fifth seed Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-3, 6-2.
Kasatkina saved eight of 10 break points and won despite
committing nine double faults to Parrizas Diaz's zero.
Kasatkina will face France's Diane Parry in the semifinals after
Parry outlasted Germany's Tatjana Maria 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4) in
two hours and 54 minutes.
Tennis in the Land
No. 7 seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus needed just 72
minutes to beat Madison Brengle of the United States 6-4, 6-1 in
a quarterfinal match in Cleveland.
Her win sets up a semifinal date with No. 8 seed Alize Cornet of
France, the only other seeded player still standing. Cornet
dispatched of China's Shuai Zhang 6-4, 6-2.
American Bernarda Pera also reached the semifinals and will face
Russia's Liudmila Samsonova. Pera finished with a 7-1 edge in
aces while outlasting countrywoman Sofia Kenin 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
Thursday, while Samsonova was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Poland's
Magda Linette.
--Field Level Media
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