Ru Xi Wu of China defeated Gloria Levinsky of the Czech Republic 6-0, 6-3 to reach the women’s singles semi-finals at the W-15 Islamabad Junaid Family Foundation World Tennis Women’s Championships 2026 on Thursday.
Wu was among four players to advance from the quarter-finals at the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Tennis Complex, where the second leg of the international tournament is under way.
South Africa’s Wozuko Mdlulwa also progressed with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Germany’s Anastasiya Kuparev, while France’s Astrid Cirotte beat Russia’s Ksenia Laskutova 6-2, 6-4.
Thailand’s Kamonwan Yodpetch completed the singles semi-final line-up after overcoming the Netherlands’ Florentine Dekkers 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.
In the women’s doubles quarter-finals, Cirotte and Mexico’s Sabastiani Leon defeated Japan’s Suzuna Oigawa and South Korea’s Jeong Moon 6-2, 7-6(6).
South African sisters Wozuko and Warona Mdlulwa beat Russian pair Lilia Piskun and Sofiia Suslova 6-2, 6-1, while Yodpetch and Wu secured a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Hong Kong’s Kei Yau Cheung and Uzbekistan’s Sabrina Olimjanova.
Germany’s Kuparev and Uzbekistan’s Sevil Yuldasheva completed the doubles semi-final line-up with a 6-1, 6-1 win against Dutch pair Emma Van Poppel and Dekkers.
A total of 31 players from 17 countries are competing in the tournament, which is sponsored by the Junaid Family Foundation to support the promotion and development of international tennis in Pakistan.
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