Sousa ends Bolelli's run in St Petersburg, Jankovic makes Guangzhou final

ByEurosport

Published 25/09/2015 at 17:14 GMT

Portugal's 7th seed Joao Sousa came safely into the semi-finals of the ATP St Petersburg tournament in Russia, beating Simone Bolelli in a hard-fought match.

Hlts Bolelli vs Sousa

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Bolelli, who beat top seed Tomas Berdych on Thursday, battled hard but lost out in two tie-breaks as Sousa held his nerve to win 7-6(7) 7-6(1).

In the other quarter-finals, the second, third and fourth seeds all made the semis as Milos Raonic, Dominic Thiem and Roberto Bautista all enjoyed straight-sets wins.

Serbia's former world number one Jelena Jankovic ignored the distraction of an arm injury before beating Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer on Friday and booking a place in the final of the WTA Guangzhou International.

Jankovic saved a match point late in the third set before winning 6-3 2-6 7-5, giving her the chance to win her second title in China this year after winning a lower tier event in Nanchang in August.

The 30-year-old Jankovic said her arm was hurting after a busy week playing both singles and doubles.

"I think I played quite a lot of tennis," she said.

"It was a little bit better towards the end and I felt better afterward. In the first set, I was almost getting ready to cry!"

Her opponent in Saturday's final will be Denisa Allertova, the giantkiller from the Czech Republic.

Allertova stunned world number two Simona Halep in Thursday's quarter-finals and followed up by beating Italian Sara Errani, seeded third in China, 7-5 6-2.

"I'm just trying to focus on my tennis and play every point like it's my last. It worked, and I'm so happy that I won today!" Allertova said.

Allertova will be playing in her first WTA final after winning nine times on the lower ITF circuit.

"I didn't expect this because it's my first time here, and there are a lot of great players here, so I'm happy to play the final tomorrow," she said.

ATP St Petersburg QF results

2-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat 5-Tommy Robredo (Spain) 6-1 6-2

4-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Lucas Pouille (France) 6-2 6-3

7-Joao Sousa (Portugal) beat Simone Bolelli (Italy) 7-6(7) 7-6(1)

3-Dominic Thiem (Austria) beat Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) 6-2 7-5

WTA Guangzhou SF results

Denisa Allertova (Czech Republic) beat 3-Sara Errani (Italy) 7-5 6-2

4-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) 6-3 2-6 7-5

ATP Metz QF results

2-Gilles Simon (France) beat Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) 6-4 6-4

5-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat 1-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) walkover

6-Martin Klizan (Slovakia) beat 4-Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 4-6 6-3 7-6(4)

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