Victoria Azarenka reaches semifinals at tournament in New York

Victoria Azarenka has advanced to the semifinals of the 2020 Cincinnati Premier tournament in New York. In the 4th round, the Belarusian knocked out Uns Jabir from Tunisia. She is 20 positions higher in the world ranking than Azarenka. While on American courts, the Belarusian athlete has not given a single set to her rivals so far. To make it into the final, Azarenka will have to defeat world's 15th best player, UK's Johanna Konta, who in the quarterfinals beat Greece's Maria Sakkari in two games.