Maria Zakari returned to the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open after beating Emma Navarro 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 at the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens on Thursday night. Sakari, the 2022 Indian Wells runner-up and semi-finalist in 2023, won after two hours and 54 minutes.
The ninth-ranked Greek faces No. 3 Koko Goff on Friday. Goff booked his place in the last four with a straight sets victory over Yue Yuan.
Earlier in the match, Sakari defeated Russia's Diana Schneider (5-7, 6-4, 6-0), 20th seed Caroline Garcia of France (6-3, 6-4), France's Diane Barry (6-2, 3) defeated them. -6, 6-3).
It will be another fortnight for Navarro, who has been in excellent form this entire season. 23rd-ranked American Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine (4-6, 7-5, 7-5) advanced to the quarter-finals after beating 16th-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine (6-1, 4-6, 6-3). . ) and No. 2 seed Arina Sabalenka of Belarus (6-3, 3-6, 6-2).
Indian Wells WTA 1000, other last eight results:
- Coco Goff defeated Yu Yuan 6-4, 6-3
- Iga Swiatek (1) defeated Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 6-4, 1-0 ret.
- Marta Kostyuk (31) defeated Anastasia Podabova (28): 6-0, 7-5