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Tsurenko, who upset No. 4 seed Anna Kalinskaya
of Russia in the previous round, won a whopping 72.4 percent of
her first-service points (21 of 29) and converted six break
points in 10 opportunities to oust Maria.
In the semifinals, Tsurenko will face No. 1 seed Bianca
Andreescu of Canada, who was a 6-0, 7-6 (3) winner over
Ukrainian fifth seed Marta Kostyuk. Andreescu led 5-1 in the
second set but had to come back after Kostyuk won five straight
games to briefly move ahead. The Canadian then rallied from a
2-0 deficit to start the tiebreak.
China's Xinyu Wang and Lin Zhu will meet in the other semifinal
match. Wang, the No. 7 seed, outlasted Heather Watson of Great
Britain 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4. Zhu beat Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia
6-2, 6-2.
Open 6e Sens-Metropole
No. 1 seed Caroline Garcia of France fended off Italy's Jasmine
Paolini 7-5, 7-5 to reach the semifinals in Lyon, France.
Garcia hit nine aces and converted 3 of 7 break points en route
to the narrow win in one hour and 46 minutes. She will face
Camila Osorio in the next round after the Colombian beat Linda
Noskova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 7-6 (3).
American Alycia Parks also continued her stellar week. After
upsetting fourth seed Petra Martic of Croatia in the second
round, Parks took down No. 7 seed Danka Kovinic of Montenegro
7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
Next, Parks will meet Belgium's Maryna Zanevska, who rallied to
beat fifth seed Anastasia Potapova of Russia 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
--Field Level Media
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