Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber advanced to the semifinals of the Rogers Cup and will have a rematch of their recent Wimbledon quarterfinal, which the German won in two tight sets.
The first to make the final four in Montreal was Halep, who has now won eight straight matches, following triumph on home soil in Bucharest. It was a tricky quarterfinal for the Romanian, with two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova on the other side of the net dictating play in the first set, that included her quick 3-0 lead.