INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA - Unseeded Jennifer Brady set up a semifinal clash with Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas when she beat compatriot Nicole Gibbs 7-5, 6-0.
She had already beaten two other Americans in the rounds prior, knocking out second seed Alison Riske 6-3, 7-6(4), and 12th seed Madison Brengle 6-3, 6-1.Now she faces 11th seed Diyas, who has also not dropped a set so far this week.
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Brady bests Gibbs 7-5, 6-0 and secures the first semifinal spot in the Oracle Challenger Series Indian Wells.
Zarina Diyas or Francesca Di Lorenzo next.#RoadtoIndianWells pic.twitter.com/RLJ2ff0cc7— Oracle Challenger Series (@OracleChallngrs) March 1, 2019
In the other semifinal, top seed and wildcard Wang Qiang of China takes on Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic.
Wang beat eighth seed Kristyna Pliskova 6-4, 6-4 in their quarterfinal, while the Swiss defeated Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-0, 7-5.
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