OSAKA, Japan — The final remaining seeded participant on the WTA’s Japan Open has reached Sunday’s last as Leylah Fernandez defeated 35-year-old Sorana Cîrstea 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
At 4-4 within the deciding set Saturday, Fernandez broke Cîrstea’s serve then held her serve within the subsequent recreation to advance.
The fourth-seeded Canadian participant will face 18-year-old qualifier Tereza Valentova within the last. Valentova beat Jaqueline Cristian 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3 within the different semifinal.
Cristian superior to the final 4 when top-seeded Naomi Osaka pulled out with a left leg damage Friday, giving the Romanian participant a walkover in her quarterfinal.
Fernandez, the 2021 US Open runner-up, superior to her eighth profession last. Her solely earlier run to a semifinal this season got here on the WTA 500 D.C. Open, the place she defeated Anna Kalinskaya within the last for her fourth WTA singles title.
Fernandez misplaced in three units to Coco Gauff within the second spherical of the China Open in late September.
