MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Third-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia beat seventh-seeded Yue Yuan of China 7-5, 7-6 (3) on Thursday night to reach the Monterrey Open semifinals.
Alexandrova will face Lulu Sun of New Zealand, a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Erika Andreeva of Russia in the WTA 500 event at Sonoma Club.
The 29-year-old Alexandrova won the last of her four career WTA Tour titles last year at Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.
In the other quarterfinals, second-seeded Emma Navarro of the United States faced ninth-seeded Magdalena Frech of Poland, and fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine was set to meet sixth-seeded Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic.
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AP tennis:
The Indian tennis team has been drawn against Switzerland in the Davis Cup 2025 World Group I, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Thursday.
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