Mérida Open: Korneeva through to semi-finals

Russian Alina Korneeva moved into the semi-finals of the Mérida Open by defeating Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-3, 6-1 at the Yucatan Country Club on Friday.

Korneeva, ranked No 254, will face Zeynep Sonmez next.

The 17-year-old Russian won against American Alycia Parks (6-3, 6-1) and No 5 seed Anna Blinkova (7-5, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Mérida tournament, Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 103, beat Mexican wildcard Ana Sofia Sanchez (6-2, 6-1) and edged out Italian Lucrezia Stefanini (6-4, 1-6, 6-4).

Mérida WTA 250, other last eight results (Yucatan Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Polina Kudermetova beat Nina Stojanovic: 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
• Zeynep Sonmez beat Renata Zarazua (1): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Ann Li beat Jil Teichmann: 6-1, 6-1

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