Sixth-seeded Leylah Fernandez beat Singapore Open top seed Mirra Andreeva 6-2, 7-5 on Friday to reach her first semifinal of the season. After Andreeva erased a 5-2 deficit in the second set, Fernandez won the final two games in 1 hour, 32 minutes.
The result put Fernandez 3-2 ahead in their career series and extended her hard-court record against Andreeva to 3-0; Andreeva has won both of their clay-court meetings. Fernandez hit 13 winners, one more than Andreeva, who committed 41 unforced errors. It was Fernandez’s ninth career top-10 victory.
Fernandez is set to meet fifth-seeded Maja Chwalinska on Saturday for a place in the final; it will be their first career meeting. Chwalinska advanced by beating defending champion Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-2.
