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Pegula advanced to the semifinals against
fourth-seeded Daria Kasatkina, a Russian who converted 10 of 20
break points in topping Romania's Jaqueline Cristian 6-7 (4),
6-2, 6-3 in a match lasting 2 hours and 42 minutes.
Danielle Collins won her 11th consecutive match to make it two
Americans in the Charleston semifinals for the first time since
sisters Venus and Serena Williams were in the final four 11
years ago. The unseeded Collins knocked off No. 11 Elise Mertens
of Belgium 6-3, 6-4 in 1 hour and 24 minutes to advance to her
15th career tour-level semifinal.
Collins, a 30-year-old Floridian who is retiring at the end of
the season, captured the Miami Open championship last week.
The other quarterfinal match pitted third-seeded Maria Sakkari
of Greece against ninth-seeded Veronika Kudermetova of Russia.
Copa Colsanitas
Eighth-seeded Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia was shut out in the
first set, then rallied past fourth-seeded Cristina Bucsa of
Spain 0-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals at Bogota, Columbia.
Sara Errani of Italy also got off to a slow start before
eliminating Irina Bara of Romania 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 and advancing to
the semifinals. Errani saved 17 of 23 break points while
converting 8 of 20 opportunities.
In other quarterfinal matches Friday night, top-seeded Marie
Bouzkova of the Czech Republic faced seventh-seeded Laura
Siegemund of Germany; and home-country favorite Camila Osorio,
the sixth seed, played second-seeded Tatjana Maria of Germany.
--Field Level Media
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