Yanina Wickmayer continues Carlsbad Classic progress

Omnisports 05:45 - 27 November 2015

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Top seed Yanina Wickmayer continued her unblemished run at the Carlsbad Classic to reach the semi-finals at Catherine Bellis' expense.

Yanina Wickmayer is yet to drop a set at the Carlsbad Classic after sealing her last-four berth with a 6-4 6-3 win over youngster Catherine Bellis.

The top seed proved too strong for her 16-year-old opponent, who is ranked 193 places below her.

Wickmayer will now meet Greece's Maria Sakkari in the semi-finals after she overcame Samantha Crawford 6-1 6-7 (3-7) 6-2.

In the other two quarter-final matches on Friday, Nicole Gibbs beat Tatjana Maria 6-4 2-6 6-1, while Jennifer Brady defeated Marina Melnikova " conqueror of third seed Bojana Jovanovski in the previous round " 6-2 7-5.