RUSSIANS DARIA KASATKINA, MIRRA ANDREEVA REACH SEMIS IN CHINA

No. 5 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia saved two match points in the tiebreaker to defeat Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (6) on Friday to reach the semifinal of the Ningbo Open in China.

Kasatkina lost the numbers game to Putinteseva, of Kazakhstan, winning nine fewer points, serving up eight double faults, committing more unforced errors and ringing up fewer winners. But she came through in the clutch, coming back from down 4-2 in the third set and 6-4 in the tiebreaker of the two-hour, 41-minute match.

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