On Wednesday at the Sydney International, Daria Gavrilova earned a 2-in-1 win over Samantha Stosur, as a 6-4 6-2 second-round victory over her fellow Australian is taking her to the semifinals because Garbine Muguruza pulled out of the tournament due to a thigh injury just hours after reaching the quarterfinals with a victory over Kiki Bertens. The top-seeded Muguruza has now withdrawn with a health problem from her second consecutive tournament at the start of 2018.
Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi recorded her second successive win over a Grand Slam champion, following up her first-round victory over US Open winner Sloane Stephens with a second-round victory over two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova. Giorgi’s quarterfinal obstacle will be last year’s runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska, who exacted revenge on her opponent for the second straight match, following up her win over the 2017 champion Johanna Konta with a win over Catherine Bellis, a player that ousted her from the Dubai tournament last year to earn her first Top 10 triumph. Our photographer Jimmie48 covered all these matches in photos! Enjoy!
MORE SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL 2018 PHOTOS:
- Tuesday: Kerber conquers Venus, Radwanska beats Konta
- Monday: Kvitova, Kerber progress, Stephens loses in singles and doubles
- Sunday: Ostapenko dumped in round one
