Romanian Simona Halep advanced on Wednesday to the semifinals of the 687,900-dollar WTA tournament in Sydney, defeating by 6-4, 7-5 Czech Karolina Pliskova, fifth seed, in one hour and 38 minutes.
The qualification comes with 185 WTA points and 36,600 dollars in prize money.
The next opponent for WTA No. 2 Halep is Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova (30 years old, WTA No. 25), who left behind Italian Sara Errani by 7-6, 6-0. The current record of direct matches is Halep 3, Kuznetsova 2. More…