No. 1 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil needed just 75 minutes to score a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Frenchwoman Clara Burel in the quarterfinals of Tennis in the Land on Thursday in Cleveland.
Haddad Maia won not only 21 of 27 first-service points (77.8 percent) but also 12 of her 22 first-return points (54.5 percent). She had two aces and broke Burel’s serve five times in 13 chances.
Haddad Maia’s semifinal opponent will be Czech third seed Katerina Siniakova, who rallied past American No. 6 seed Peyton Stearns 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.
No. 5 seed Anastasia Potapova of Russia cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 win over Romania’s Ana Bogdan. She advanced to face American McCartney Kessler, who followed her upset of No. 4 Xinyu Wang of China on Wednesday by eliminating Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-2.
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Lulu Sun of New Zealand toppled Erika Andreeva of Russia 6-4, 6-3 to reach the semifinals in Monterrey, Mexico.
Sun, who made a surprise run to the Wimbledon quarterfinals last month, hit eight aces without a double fault and won 28 of 34 first-service points (82.4 percent).
She will face No. 3 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia in the semifinals. Alexandrova beat No. 7 seed Yue Yuan of China 7-5, 7-6 (3).
Second seed Emma Navarro of the United State beat ninth seed Magdalena Frech of Poland 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-2. Navarro will face Czech sixth seed Linda Noskova, who handled Ukrainian fifth seed Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-4 in the final match Thursday night.
–Field Level Media
