The semifinals are set for Saturday at the Western & Southern Open.
World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty and two-time W&S Open finalist Angelique Kerber meet in the first semifinal. Barty defeated the three-time Major champion in the Wimbledon semifinals in July on her way to her second Major. Barty is in her 90th week as the No. 1 ranked player while Kerber held the top spot previously for 34 weeks. Jil Teichmann, the lowest-ranked semifinalist since 2017 who this week has upset World No. 2 Naomi Osaka and Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic, takes on No. 5 seed and 2016 W&S Open winner Karolina Pliskova in the other semifinal match.
This will be the first time since 2014 the women's semifinals will feature three former/current World No. 1 players.
In the men's draw, the top four seeds are the last four standing for the first time since 2009 and for the 13th time in W&S Open history.
Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev takes on No. 4 seed and fellow Russian Andrey Rublev, the first time since Switzerland's Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka in 2012 that two countrymen faced each other in the final four. Alexander Zverev, the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and first German semifinalist since 2003, takes on No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a battle of past ATP Finals champions in the second semifinal.
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Saturday's order of play
CENTER COURT (starts at 11:00 a.m.)
WTA - [1] Ashleigh Barty (Australia) vs Angelique Kerber (Germany)
Not Before 1:00 p.m.
ATP - [1] Daniil Medvedev (Russia) vs [4] Andrey Rublev (Russia)
Not Before 3:00 p.m.
WTA - [5] Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) vs [WC] Jil Teichmann (Switzerland)
Not Before 6:00 p.m.
ATP - [3] Alexander Zverev (Germany) vs [2] Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
Women's Doubles Final
WTA - Samantha Stosur (Australia) & Shuai Zhang (China) vs [6] Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) & Luisa Stefani (Brazil)
GRANDSTAND (starts at 1:00 p.m.)
ATP - [Alt] Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) & Fabio Fognini (Italy) vs [2] Marcel Granollers (Spain) & Horacio Zeballos (Argentina)
ATP - [WC] Steve Johnson (USA) & Austin Krajicek (USA) vs [3] Juan Sebastian Cabal (Colombia) & Robert Farah (Colombia)
Friday's results
ATP Singles Quarterfinals
[1] Daniil Medvedev (Russia) d. [7] Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) 6-1, 6-1
[2] Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) d. [12] Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
[3] Alexander Zverev (Germany) d. [8] Casper Ruud (Norway) 6-1, 6-3
[4] Andrey Rublev (Russia) d. Benoit Paire (France) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
ATP Doubles Quarterfinals
[2] Marcel Granollers (Spain) & Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) d. Alex de Minaur (Australia) & Cameron Norrie (Great Britain) 6-3, 6-4
[3] Juan Sebastian Cabal (Colombia) & Robert Farah (Colombia) d. Tim Puetz (Germany) & Michael Venus (New Zealand) 6-4, 6-4
[Alt] Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) & Fabio Fognini (Italy) d. [4] Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury (Great Britain) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
[WC] Steve Johnson (USA) & Austin Krajicek (USA) d. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) & Jannik Sinner (Italy) 6-3, 6-1
WTA Singles Quarterfinals
[1] Ashleigh Barty (Australia) d. [9] Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) 6-2, 6-4
[5] Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) d. Paula Badosa (Spain) 7-5, 2-0 ret (right shoulder)
[WC] Jil Teichmann (Switzerland) d. [10] Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 6-3, 6-2
Angelique Kerber (Germany) d. [11] Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 6-4, 3-3 ret (Gastrointestinal Illness)
WTA Doubles Semifinals
[6] Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) & Luisa Stefani (Brazil) d. [2] Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) & Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) 7-5, 3-6, 10-7
Samantha Stosur (Australia) & Shuai Zhang (China) d. [6] Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) & Luisa Stefani (Brazil) 4-6, 7-5, 10-5
WTA Doubles Quarterfinals
Samantha Stosur (Australia) & Shuai Zhang (China) d. [4] Nicole Melichar (USA) & Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 10-4
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