U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer posted a quarterfinal win, while fourth-seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova came up a loser Friday at the $220,000 Luxembourg Open.

A fifth-seeded Wickmayer stayed hot with a 7-6 (7-1), 4-6, 6-1 victory over qualifier and fellow Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, while capable Israeli Shahar Peer toppled Hantuchova in 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) fashion at CK Sportcenter Kockelscheuer.

The 20-year-old Wickmayer captured her second WTA Tour title of the year last week in Austria.

The other quarters saw sixth-seeded German Sabine Lisicki level Swiss veteran Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2 and Swiss Timea Bacsinszky overcome Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 6-4. Schnyder stunned U.S. Open champ and five-time Luxembourg titlist Kim Clijsters here on Thursday.

Saturday's semifinals will see Wickmayer take on Bacsinszky and Lisicki battle Peer.

This week's titlist will claim $37,000.

Join the discussion

The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share information, experiences and observations about what's in the news. Some of the comments may be reprinted elsewhere in the site or in the newspaper. We encourage lively, open debate on the issues of the day, and ask that you refrain from profanity, hate speech, personal comments and remarks that are off point. In order to post comments, you must be a registered user of MiamiHerald.com. Your username will show along with the comments you post. Thank you for taking the time to offer your thoughts.

     Showing: Oldest first Newest first Most-recommended first Least-recommended first

@Nyx.AuthorDisplayName@ wrote on @Nyx.PostedAtTime@:

@Nyx.repliedToText@

@Nyx.replyAnswerText@

Reply to this Comment @Nyx.Recommender@ @Nyx.AbuseReporter@