WTA roundup: Victoria Mboko beats Leylah Fernandez in all-Canadian affair

May 21 - Top-seeded Victoria Mboko converted 24 of 29 first-serve points (82.8%) to record a 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. ​7 seed Leylah Fernandez in an all-Canadian affair ‌to reach the semifinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Thursday in France. Both players had serving issues as Mboko had five ​double faults and Fernandez committed eight. Mboko ​will face Jaqueline Cristian in the semis after ⁠the Romanian outlasted Australia's Daria Kasatkina 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2. Emma ​Navarro earned her semifinal berth by rallying for a ​2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 victory over China's Shuai Zhang. Navarro will face fellow American Ann Li, who beat Czech eighth seed Marie ​Bouzkova 6-3, 7-5 to land her first career clay-court ​semifinal opportunity. Sixth-seeded Petra Marcinko of ‌Croatia ⁠converted 30 of 38 first-serve points (78.9%) while recording a 6-3, 6-4 victory over second-seeded Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain to reach the semifinals at Rabat, Morocco. Marcinko trailed ​3-1 in ​the second set ⁠before winning five of the next six games to take the match. She ​will next face Switzerland's Jil Teichmann, who ​saved three ⁠match points to outlast Morocco homeland favorite Yasmine Kabbaj 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (6). Seventh-seeded Panna Udvardy of Hungary will face ⁠Anhelina ​Kalinina of Ukraine in the other ​semifinal. Udvardy beat Colombia's Camila Osorio 7-5, 6-3, while Kalinina knocked ​off Hungarian No. 5 Anna Bondar 6-4, 7-5. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab