Guadalajara Open: Bouzkova advances to semi-finals as Kalinskaya retires

Czech Marie Bouzkova completed the semi-final line-up at the Guadalajara Open when Russian Anna Kalinskaya retired at the Centro Panamericano de Tenis on Saturday night.

Bouzkova, ranked No 38, led 5-2 when Kalinskaya, ranked No 73, pulled out on Saturday night at the Centro Panamericano de Tenis.

As reported by the WTA, Kalinskaya hurt one of her feet in the late stages of her win over Daria Kasatkina in the previous round.

Bouzkova – Sakkari in semis

Bouzkova will now play Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 4 seed, in the semi-final.

Marie Bouzkova loves playing at altitude, especially in Guadalajara, where she has now made the semi-finals in four years.

In the previous rounds, Bouzkova won against Tereza Martincova (6-2, 7-5), Colombian Camila Osorio (6-3, 6-1) and Russian Liudmila Samsonova (0-6, 7-5, 6-3).

The Russian defeated Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 9 seed (6-3, 6-4), Belgian Elise Mertens (6-4, 0-6, 7-5) and No 7 seed Daria Kasatkina (6-2, 2-6, 6-3) before having to retire.

Guadalajara WTA 1000, other quarter-final results (Centro Panamericano de Tenis, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):

• Maria Sakkari beat Veronika Kudermetova (8): 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka (LL) beat Coco Gauff (5): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-3