GUANGZHOU, China (AP)—Top-seeded Jarmila Groth of Australia moved closer to her first WTA tour title when she reached the Guangzhou International semifinals with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Maria Elena Camerin of Italy on Friday.
Groth, who went four rounds at Wimbledon and the French Open this year, was the only seed to make the quarterfinals in Guangzhou.
She next faces unseeded Romanian Edina Gallovits, who came back from a slow start to beat Chinese wild card Han Xinyun 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia beat countrywoman Ksenia Pervak 6-3, 6-1.
Kudryavtseva will play China’s Zhang Shuai in the other semifinal, the first on tour in the careers of both women.
Zhang took advantage of an unfocused Sania Mirza of India, who committed 13 double faults, to break her eight times in winning 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.