Berlin Open: Alexandrova reaches last four after Kudermetova withdrawal

Ekaterina Alexandrova moved into the semi-finals of the Berlin Open after wildcard Veronika Kudermetova withdrew before the match at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Saturday.

Alexandrova, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 3 seed, and Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 7 seed, next.

In the previous rounds of the Berlin tournament, Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Liudmila Samsonova (6-4, 6-3) and American Coco Gauff, the No 5 seed (6-4, 6-0).

Kudermetova, ranked No 13, won against Chinese Qinwen Zheng (6-4, 6-2) and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed (6-2, 7-6 (2)) earlier in the tournament.

Berlin WTA 500, other quarter-finals results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 678.814, most recent results first):

• Caroline Garcia vs. Petra Kvitova
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Donna Vekic: saturday
• Maria Sakkari vs. Marketa Vondrousova: saturday