Sixth-seeded Naomi Osaka of Japan had seven aces and needed just 60 minutes to complete a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Russia\u2019s Ekaterina Alexandrova on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Bad Homburg Open in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Osaka converted 16 of 17 first-serve points (94.1%) and converted 5 of 7 break points during the easy victory. She will now face China\u2019s Wang Xinyu, who moved on via walkover as No. 3 Elina Svitolina withdrew Wednesday with a right hip injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse won the final five games of the match while posting a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Emma Navarro. Ruse is now 1-3 against Navarro, who upset top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ruse will oppose No. 4 Czech Karolina Muchova, who rallied for a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Denmark\u2019s Clara Tauson. Muchova had 35 of her 37 winners over the final two sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second-seeded Madison Keys converted 27 of 30 first-serve points (90%) while sailing to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over No. 7 McCartney Kessler in an all-American affair in quarterfinal play in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keys won seven straight games and eight of the last nine while finishing Kessler off in 72 minutes. Keys next faces Croatia\u2019s Petra Marcinko, who knocked off Caty McNally 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Third-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia had a 9-2 edge in aces during a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Turkey\u2019s Zeynep Sonmez. Ostapenko overcame five double faults while Sonmez converted just 20 of 43 first-serve points (46.5%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ostapenko will meet Germany\u2019s Tatjana Maria in the semifinals. Maria notched a 6-3, 7-5 win over Czech Tereza Valentova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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