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The 22-year-old Osorio is the first Colombian
player to reach the semis of a WTA 500 event. Rakhimova took a
6-5 lead in a back-and-forth first-set tiebreaker, but Osorio
saved set point and took control from there. Osorio finished the
match having saved 7 of 9 break points.
In the semis, Osorio will face Australian Olivia Gadecki, who
defeated Italian Martina Trevisan 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Gadecki, ranked
just 152nd in the world, broke Trevisan's serve 8 times in 10
opportunities.
No. 4 seed Caroline Garcia of France advanced via walkover after
her scheduled opponent, Czech No. 6 seed Marie Bouzkova,
withdrew due to illness. In the last quarterfinal, No. 5 seed
Magdalena Frech of Poland downed Canadian teen Marina Stakusic
6-4, 6-3, advancing to a semifinal matchup with Garcia.
Jasmin Open Tunisia
Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia overcame Spaniard Sara Sorribes
Tormo 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 in a three-hour, 22-minute duel to reach
the semifinals in Monastir, Tunisia.
After Sramkova blew a 3-0 lead in the third set, Sorribes Tormo
served for the match up 5-3, but Sramkova saved a match point
and stole the ninth game. That turned the momentum in her favor,
as she won three more games to polish off her opponent. Sramkova
broke Sorribes Tormo's serve 8 times in 13 chances.
Sramkova's reward is a date with the last seeded player
remaining in the draw, No. 7 Lucia Bronzetti of Italy, who
demolished Antonia Ruzic of Croatia 6-2, 6-1.
The other semifinal will pit Eva Lys of Germany against Sonay
Kartal of Great Britain. Lys defeated Turkey's Zeynep Sonmez
7-5, 6-3, and Kartal got past Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-6
(4), 6-2.
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