By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday January 2, 2025
You’ve heard of People in Paris? How about People in Auckland? Six of them, in reality.
The quarerfinals at this yr’s ASB Traditional are 75 p.c 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 going through 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 succeed in her maiden WTA quarterfinal. Montgomery, 20, beat Nao Hibino, 6-2, 6-2. Parks reached her first out of doors exhausting court docket 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).
