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Vekic missed a chance to wrap up the match in the second set
tiebreaker when she lost her serve on consecutive points and
falling behind 6-5, before Sabalenka won on set point.
However, Vekic took over after that, breaking Sabalenka twice in
the third set.
Vekic will next face the winner of Friday's later match between
the second seed, Paula Badosa of Spain, and Danielle Collins of
the U.S.
The tournament's top seed, world No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland,
needed just over an hour to finish off Coco Gauff of the U.S.
6-0, 6-3.
Swiatek's next match will be against fourth-seeded Jessica
Pegula of the U.S., who defeated countrywoman Madison Keys 6-4,
7-5.
Transylvania Open
Second-seeded Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine won her first set
against Anna Blinkova of Russia but fell apart thereafter,
losing to the 138th-ranked Blinkova 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-3 in the
quarterfinals at Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Blinkova unloaded five aces to Kalinina's one, and the Russian
also dominated in first serve points won, 70 percent to 59
percent, and break points saved, 75 percent to 54 percent.
Kalinina took the first set tiebreaker on her third set point,
but then had her serve broken three times in the second set and
once more in the third.
Blinkova advances to face fourth-seeded Anastasia Potapova of
Russia, who defeated the eighth-seeded Anna Bodnar of Hungary
7-7, 3-6, 6-1.
In the other semifinal, Xiyu Wang of China, the seventh seed,
will meet Jasmine Paolini of Italy.
Wang defeated Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain 6-1, 7-6 (5), and
Paolini also won in straight sets, 7-5, 7-5 over Jule Niemeier
of Germany.
--Field Level Media
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