Jiri Lehecka defeated third-seeded Sebastian Korda 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the Adelaide Worldwide remaining.
The Czech participant, who has dropped just one set within the match, will face Jack Draper in Saturday’s remaining at Memorial Drive. Draper beat Alexander Bublik 7-6 (2), 6-4 in an evening semifinal.
Korda was making an attempt to make it to 2 Adelaide finals in a row. He misplaced final yr to Novak Djokovic after having a championship level.
Within the girls’s match, former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 7-6 (3). The sixth-seeded Ostapenko will play Daria Kasatkina in Saturday’s remaining.
With earlier wins over Sorana Cirstea, Caroline Garcia and Marta Kostyuk, Ostapenko is into her first hard-court remaining since profitable Seoul in 2022. On Friday, Ostapenko earned her third win in seven tour-level matches towards Alexandrova.
“She will serve actually huge and she or he’s hitting the ball nice,” Ostapenko mentioned of Alexandrova. “I used to be making an attempt to play my recreation, even when generally I might actually discover it, attempt to be constant and once I had the possibility to go for it.”
Kasatkina superior to the ultimate after second-seeded Jessica Pegula withdrew with a gastrointestinal sickness. It was the second consecutive walkover for Kasatkina, after Laura Siegemund withdrew forward of their quarterfinal attributable to a left leg damage.
High-seeded Elise Mertens superior to the ultimate of the Hobart Worldwide with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win over Daria Saville. Mertens broke Saville’s serve within the eleventh recreation of the ultimate set and held her service within the subsequent recreation for the win.
Mertens will play second-seeded Emma Navarro in Saturday’s remaining after the American beat Chinese language qualifier Yuan Yue 6-4, 6-3.