It is quarter-finals Friday on the WTA Tour with last eight action to look forward to from Tokyo, Vienna and Basel, with names such as Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner and Karolina Muchova all in action. <\/p>\n
13:27 CET –\u00a0Belinda Bencic<\/a> has been struggling to go deep in competitions lately, but a big victory against rival Karolina Muchova<\/a> in Tokyo has booked her spot in the semi-finals and given the Swiss player hope of a WTA title.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bencic came from a set down to win 3-6, 7-5, 7-5<\/a>, and she will face Sofia Kenin in tomorrow morning’s semi-final.<\/p>\n 11:37 CET – Qualifier and world number 305 Claire Liu<\/a> has sealed a spot in the Guangzhou semi-finals after coming from behind to claim a shock 4-6, 6-0, 6-4<\/a> victory over Ella Seidel<\/a>.<\/p>\n 09:10 CET –\u00a0Over in Guangzhou, qualifier Lulu Sun<\/a> has stunned Caty\u00a0McNally<\/a> 3-6, 6-3, 6-4<\/a> to reach the semi-finals.<\/p>\n 09:00 CET – Sofia Kenin<\/a> becomes the third semi-finalist after coming through an epic battle against Ekaterina Alexandrova<\/a> to win 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 (3)<\/a> in Tokyo.\u00a0<\/p>\n 07:30 CET – Good morning and welcome back to quarter-final Friday! After Anna Kalinskaya’s retirement earlier on after going a set down, in-form Linda Noskova<\/a> booked the first semi-final spot in Tokyo. And number two seed Elena Rybakina<\/a> avoided a potential upset against the exciting teenager to win 6-3, 7-6 (4)<\/a> and become the second semi-finalist.\u00a0<\/p>\n