Rising star Olivia Gadecki advances to her first tour-level singles semifinal at a WTA 500 match in Mexico.
Guadalajara, Mexico, 14 September 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Olivia Gadecki has scored a 3rd consecutive top-100 win to cost into her maiden WTA singles semifinal.
The 22-year-old from the Gold Coast secured her final-four spot at a WTA 500 match in Guadalajara with a 6-2 3-6 6-1 victory towards Italian Martina Trevisan.
Trevisan is a former world No.18 and was a Roland Garros semifinalist in 2022. Nonetheless, world No.152 Gadecki had her measure in at the moment’s quarterfinal conflict.
Gadecki made probably the most of her alternatives throughout the one-hour and 48-minute encounter, changing eight of the ten break level alternatives she earned towards the world No.99.
Dream run continues 💜
Olivia Gadecki is into her FIRST profession semifinal on the Hologic WTA Tour!#GDLOpenAKRONxSantander pic.twitter.com/JpZxuZqBfJ
— wta (@WTA) September 13, 2024
Gadecki turns into the primary Australian girl to achieve the semifinals at a WTA 500 match since Ash Barty gained the Adelaide Worldwide title in January 2022.
Previous to this week, Gadecki had recorded solely two top-100 wins in her profession. She has now boosted that tally to 5 along with her exceptional run on the Mexican hard-court match.
“There’s a variety of issues I’m pleased with this week,” mentioned the Australian qualifier, who upset world No.11 Danielle Collins earlier this week within the second spherical.
Gadecki now performs world No.80 Camila Osorio for a spot within the closing.
If Gadecki does advance to the ultimate, she is about to interrupt into the world’s high 100 for the primary time and overtake Daria Saville as Australia’s top-ranked girl.
Aussies in motion – Guadalajara
RESULTS
Ladies’s singles, quarterfinals
[Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) d Martina Trevisan (ITA) 6-2 3-6 6-1
COMING UP
Ladies’s singles, semifinals
[Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) v Camila Osorio (COL)
> VIEW: Guadalajara ladies’s singles draw
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