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Collins, the No. 3 seed, eased past France's
Clara Burel in 63 minutes by winning a tidy 22 of her 29
first-service points (75.9 percent). Keys, the fourth seed,
defeated Magda Linette of Poland in 69 minutes, saving the only
break point she faced while winning four of eight return games.
The other quarterfinal match played Thursday saw No. 5 seed
Liudmila Samsonova of Russia take down No. 2 Beatriz Haddad Maia
of Brazil 6-3, 6-0. Samsonova will face Keys in the semis.
The last quarterfinal is slated for Friday morning and will pit
Czech No. 1 seed Marketa Vondrousova against Ukraine's Anhelina
Kalinina. The winner will advance to play Collins.
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The last three seeded players standing in Rabat, Morocco, fell
in the quarterfinals on an upset-happy day.
One day after taking down sixth-seeded Xiyu Wang of China,
American Peyton Stearns knocked out No. 4 seed Lucia Bronzetti
of Italy 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in two hours and 45 minutes. Stearns
stormed back from down 5-0 in the third set, saving two match
points along the way, to stun the tournament's defending
champion.
Mayar Sherif of Egypt toppled No. 3 seed Sara Sorribes Tormo
6-3, 6-3, while Russian Kamilla Rakhimova took out No. 7
Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy 7-5, 7-5. Sherif and Rakhimova
will meet in the semifinals, while Stearns will square off with
Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova, who defeated Germany's Laura
Siegemund 6-4, 6-3.
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