Without a single defeat, Yelena Switolina has reached the semifinal at the WTA finals in Shenzen. The Ukrainian also prevailed in her third group match. The 25-year-old defending champion beat Sofia Kenin of the USA 7: 5, 7: 6 (12:10). In the next match she will play the Swiss Belinda Bencic.
The second semi-final of the day was celebrated by Czech Karolina Pliskova, who won the final group match against Wimbledon winner Simona Halep from Romania 6: 0, 2: 6, 6: 4. She must now compete against the world number one seed Ashleigh Barty from Australia.
US Open winner Bianca Andreescu (Canada) and Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka (Japan) are no longer represented in the $ 14 million top tournament. They had to cancel their participation due to injuries.
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