By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday January 2, 2025
You’ve heard of People in Paris? How about People in Auckland? Six of them, in actual fact.
The quarerfinals at this yr’s ASB Traditional are 75 % stars and stripes after Group USA scored a banner day in Auckland final night time.
Heck of a day for the US of A in Auckland. pic.twitter.com/3Bi2gsKttK
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) January 2, 2025
Friday’s final eight will characteristic two all-American clashes, with Bernarda Pera dealing with Robin Montgomery, whereas Alycia Parks will tackle Katie Volynets. Moreover, top-seeded Madison Keys will play Denmark’s Clara Tauson and DC native Haily Baptiste will face seventh-seeded Naomi Osaka.
23-year-old Baptiste saved a match level to defeat Nice Britain’s Jodie Burrage, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(6), to achieve her maiden WTA quarterfinal. Montgomery, 20, beat Nao Hibino, 6-2, 6-2. Parks reached her first outside exhausting courtroom quarterfinal with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Greet Minnen, whereas Keys wanted simply 46 minutes to thump Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian, 6-1, 6-2.
All 4 quarterfinals will happen on Friday night time in Auckland (Thursday night time within the US).
