Korea Open: Wickmayer knocks out Polina Kudermetova to reach semi-finals
Yanina Wickmayer beat Polina Kudermetova 6-3, 6-1. She’ll play top seed Jessica Pegula in the next round
Yanina Wickmayer, 2023 (Photo News _ Panoramic)
Belgian Yanina Wickmayer defeated Russian Polina Kudermetova 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the last four of the Korea Open at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul.
Wickmayer, ranked No 83, will face top seed Jessica Pegula next.
Ahead of her victory, the 33-year-old Belgian won against qualifier En-Shuo Liang (6-3, 6-4) and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 3 seed (6-3, 7-6 (6)).
Kudermetova, ranked No 170, won against American Alycia Parks, the No 6 seed (3-6, 6-1, 6-0) and Liechtensteiner Kathinka von Deichmann (6-3, 6-1) in the previous rounds of the Seoul tournament.
Seoul WTA 250, other last-eight results (Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Yue Yuan beat Marie Bouzkova (4): 7-5, 7-6 (7)
- Jessica Pegula beat Claire Liu: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Emina Bektas beat Kimberly Birrell: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
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