Thursday’s action at the BNP Paribas Open featured two women’s quarterfinal matches from the bottom half of the draw. Daria Kasatkina and Venus Williams joined Wednesday’s winners Simona Halep and Naomi Osaka in the semifinals of the 2018 edition of the Premier Mandatory tournament. Our Karen Helf was right there to bring us a detailed report.
There is no other way to say this than that Kasatkina dominated the match and Kerber fell hard.