The Californian’s 74-minute demolition of the Romanian top seed follows Maria Sharapova’s loss in the first round and the injury retirements of second seed Garbine Muguruza and German crowd favorite Angelique Kerber on Thursday in the second round. Vandeweghe, ranked number 16, admits that this is her least-favourite surface, but she has still reached the first clay semi-final of her WTA career. “At one point in the first set, I wasn’t even sure of the score,” Vandeweghe said. “She served really well and it was really tough to break her. Saturday’s second semifinals will be contested between Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit and fifth-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic.

Source: Manila Times April 28, 2018 15:00 UTC