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
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