Ninth-seeded Daria Saville of Australia is on to the final of the Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby after her would-be opponent in the semifinals withdrew due to a shoulder injury on Thursday in Quebec.
Saville breezed past Xiyu Wang of China 6–3, 6–0 in 73 minutes in the quarterfinals and was slated to face Ukrainian 10th seed Marta Kostyuk in the semifinals.
However, Kostyuk withdrew from the tournament because of a shoulder injury, allowing Saville a spot in Sunday’s final via walkover.
Before withdrawing, Kostyuk defeated Rebecca Marino of Canada 6–2, 4–-6, 6–2.
No. 1 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia kept going Thursday by taking down Spanish fifth seed Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6–3, 6–2….