The Americans Tommy Paul and Jessica Pegulafavorites in their respective draws of the Adelaide tournament, They qualified this Thursday for the semifinals, the first with an easy victory over local Rinky Hijikata (6-3 and 6-4) and the second due to the withdrawal of her compatriot Ashlyn Krueger.
Paul will face Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the penultimate roundfifth seed, defeating American Marcos Giron 7-6 (3) and 6-3.
On the other side of the picture is another American, Sebastian Kordasecond favorite, went to the semi-finals due to the failure of Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis and will play for a spot in the final against Serbian Miomir Kecmanovicwho defeated French Benjamin Bonzi 6-2, 6-3.
In the women’s tournament Pegula benefited from Krueger’s withdrawalalthough they have dominated 6-4 and 2-0. Waiting for the opponent in the semifinals.
The other semifinal pits American Madison Keys against Russian Liudmila Samsonovawho respectively eliminated the third and second favorites, the Russian Daria Kasatkina (6-1 and 6-3) and the American Emma Navarro (6-4 and 6-4).
Source: La Verdad
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