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Liu reached her third career tour-level
semifinal and first since the Jasmin Open Monastir in Tunisia in
October 2022.
Ninth-seeded Nadia Podoroska of Argentina got the better of
sixth seed Elina Avanesyan of Russia, 6-1, 6-3.
Maria Timofeeva of Russia needed three sets to oust qualifier
Kaja Juvan of Slovenia 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Timofeeva, 19, reached the
semifinals in her WTA main-draw debut.
The quarterfinal match between Fanny Stollar of Hungary and
Kateryna Baindl of Ukraine was suspended tied 1-1 in the first
set.
Timofeeva and Podoroska will meet Saturday in the semifinals.
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Top seed Daria Kasatkina was upset by fifth seed Jasmine Paolini,
who won their quarterfinal match 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in Italy.
Paolini, the last Italian in the tournament, also rallied
through triple break point in the third set in capturing the
match in two hours, 25 minutes. Paolini had the better of her
Russian counterpart in break points saved -- 68.4 percent (13 of
19) to 30 percent (3 of 10).
Third seed Mayar Sherif of Egypt had less of an issue
dispatching unseeded Camila Osorio of Colombia, 6-4, 6-1. Sherif
converted four of seven break points and converted all four of
her opportunities to break Osorio's serve.
Second seed Qinwen Zheng of China eliminated seventh-seeded
American Emma Navarro 6-4, 6-2. Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain
knocked out another unseeded player, Clara Burel of France, 6-1,
7-6 (6).
The semifinals on Saturday will match Paolini against Sorribes
Tormo, and Sherif against Zheng.
--Field Level Media
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