Friday was a day for the Outsider in Sao Paulo, while the four head players defeated their enemies in the matches in the quarter -final of the SP Open.
The fifth seeded Mexican series Renata Zarazua, who sent Madison Keys to the house in the first round of the US Open last month, eliminated Beatriz Haddad Maia, to the Brazilian head of top, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a match of two hours and 15 minutes. Zarazua rallied from a deficit of 5-3 in the first set and a disadvantage of 5-4 in the equality break to capture the first set, then broke Haddad Maia in the penultimate game of the match to win.
An Indonesian climb not set. 3 seeds Alexandra Eala, 6-4, 6-1; When. 6 Francesca Jones from Great Britain released No. 2 Solana Sierra d’Argentine, 6-3, 6-4; And the French not never, Tianto Brakotanga Rajaonah eliminated the seeded n ° 8 of Hungary Pana Udvardy, 6-2, 6-4
Tjen saved the two break points she faced and was a perfect 12 for 12 against Eala during the second return. She will face Jones in the semi-finals on Saturday, while Zarazua will face Rakotanga Rajaonah.
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In a match that was suspended Thursday evening, the Canadian Marina Stakusic ousted the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko n ° 3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-2 Friday in Mexico.
Stakusic, 20, ranked 155th in the world, ran a 4-0 lead in the decisive set, winning 17 of the first 19 played points. She took advantage of 13 double defects of Ostapenko and converted 5 of the 6 chances of rupture.
Elsa Jacquemot, France, upset the sixth seeded Tatjana Maria 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first quarter-final match, with three others to come. Stakusic will return Friday evening and face Emiliana Arango in Colombia during a meeting in the quarterfinals.
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