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27 Aug 2020

Azarenka advances into Western & Southern Open semifinal

MINSK, 27 August (BelTA) – Belarus’ world number 59 Victoria Azarenka dismissed world number 39 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 7-6 (11-9), 6-2 to reach the Western & Southern Open semifinal in New York, BelTA has learned.

Earlier, Victoria Azarenka defeated France’s world number 60 Alize Cornet 6-4, 7-5, France’s world number 49 Caroline Garcia 6-2, 7-6 (10-8) and Croatia’s world number 24 Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3.

In the doubles round of 16 Victoria Azarenka and U.S. Sofia Kenin lost to the Russian duo of Anna Blinkova and Veronika Kudermetova 1-6, 6-4, 8-10.

Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka, ranked 11th in the world, lost to U.S. world number 83 Jessica Pegula 2-6, 6-2, 3-6 in the round of Last 16. In the doubles event Aryna Sabalenka and Elise Mertens of Belgium lost in the quarterfinal.