WTA roundup: Semifinals set at Strasbourg, Rabat

Field Level Media|published: Thu 22nd May, 13:32 2025

Aug 28, 2023; Flushing, NY, USA; Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil serves to Sloane Stephens of the United States on day one of the 2023 U.S. Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-Imagn Images

Ninth-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil rallied past No. 2 seed Emma Navarro 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.

Haddad Maia saved nine of 14 break points and took advantage of nine double faults by Navarro in a match that lasted just over three hours. Navarro was leading 6-5 and serving for the match in the second set before letting it slip away.

Haddad Maia's opponent in the semifinals will be No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, a 7-5, 6-3 winner against Poland's Magda Linette. No. 8 Liudmula Samsonova of Russia will meet Danielle Collins in the other semifinal. Samsonova outlasted No. 3 Paula Badosa of Spain 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 and Collins advanced in a walkover against Anna Kalinskaya of Russia.

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No. 2 seed Camila Osorio of Colombia became the only seeded player to reach the semifinals in Rabat, Morocco, with a 6-3, 6-1 victory against Maria Mateas.

Osorio struck five aces and saved seven of eight break points to set up a meeting with Jacqueline Cristian of Romania, a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova.

Australians Maya Joint and Ajla Tomljanovic will clash in the other semifinal. Both steamrolled their seeded opponents in the quarterfinals, with Joint knocking out No. 4 Ann Li 6-2, 6-1 in 64 minutes and Tomljanovic eliminating No. 10 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain 6-1, 6-3 in 65 minutes.

--Field Level Media