The world No.34 Vekic lost just two games while completing a victory over Aliaksandra Sasnovich in 56 minutes. The Croat’s semifinal opponent will be the eighth-ranked Pliskova who beat Ajla Tomljanovic in a topsy-turvy three-setter, 6-1 1-6 6-1.
Our photographer Jimmie48 attended both singles quarterfinals on Friday, as well as both doubles semifinals: Nicole Melichar‘s & Kveta Peschke‘s win over Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova and Chan Hao-Ching‘s & Latisha Chan‘s triumph over Garbiela Dabrowski & Xu Yifan.