Adelaide Open: Pegula reaches semi-finals
Jessica Pegula benefited from the abandonment of Ashlyn Krueger on Thursday. She’ll play the winner of the match between Yulia Putintseva and Diana Shnaider next
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Top seed Jessica Pegula advanced to the semi-finals of the Adelaide Open when lucky loser Ashlyn Krueger retired at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Thursday.
Pegula, ranked No 7, led 6-4, 2-0 when Krueger, ranked No 54, pulled out.
Jessica Pegula will play the winner of the match between Kazakh Yulia Putintseva and Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 6 seed, next.
Pegula defeated Greek lucky loser Maria Sakkari (6-4, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Ashlyn Krueger won against Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (4-6, 6-2, 6-2) and Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 5 seed (7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-2).
Adelaide WTA 500, other quarter-finals results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Diana Shnaider
- Madison Keys vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Emma Navarro (2): 6-4, 6-4
