Zvonareva to play Donna Vekic in St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy SFs

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Patna : World No 97 in WTA rankings Vera Zvonareva, 34, Russia, has entered the semi-finals (SFs) of  St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2019, a premier WTA event in Russia. Zvonareva, a former World No 2, defeated World No 12 Daria Kasatkina, 21, Russia, in the quarter-finals (QFs) in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 on February 1, 2019.

Zvonareva will play World No 30 Donna Vekic, 22, Croatia, in the semi-finals on February 2, 2019, evening. Vekic beat defending champion and World No 2 Petra Kvitová, Czech Republic, in the QFs 6-4, 6-1 on February 1, 2019.

World No 10 Aryna Sabalenka, 20, Belarus, will clash with World No 8 Kiki Bertens, 27, Netherlands, in the other semi-finals on February 2, 2019. Sabalenka beat World No 78 Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, 6-3, 6-4 in the QFs. Bertens beat World No 32 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 27, Russia, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 in the QFs.