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A former junior No. 1 competing in her first
WTA tournament, Samson survived the 2-hour, 41-minute match and
will face No. 6 seed Magdalena Frech of Poland in the semis.
Frech also rallied, taking out No. 3 Anhelina Kalinina of
Ukraine 2-6, 6-0, 6-1 in Wednesday's quarterfinals.
The other semifinal at the WTA 250 clay-court event pits
top-seeded Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic against No. 4
Magda Linette of Poland. Noskova defeated Germany's Ella Seidel
6-1, 6-3 and Linette outlasted No. 5 seed Viktoriya Tomova of
Bulgaria 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
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Top-seeded Mirra Andreeva of Russia rolled into the semifinals
in Iasi, Romania, with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Croatia's Lea
Boskovic in 69 minutes.
The 17-year-old Andreeva never faced a break point and converted
five of her six break chances to set up a match against Serbia's
Olga Danilovic. Danilovic upset No. 8 seed Anna Bondar of
Hungary 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinal.
Unseeded Chloe Paquet rallied to reach the WTA 25 clay-court
semifinals with an 0-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory over French compatriot
Selena Janicijevic. Paquet awaits the winner between No. 3 seed
Jaqueline Cristian of Romania or No. 5 Elina Avanesyan of
Russia.
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