HONG KONG — Canadians Leylah Fernandez and Victoria Mboko are set to clash in the semifinals of the Hong Kong Open tennis tournament after cruising to quarterfinal wins on Friday.

Fernandez, the second seed in Hong Kong, advanced with a 6-4, 6-4 win over seventh-seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania.

Mboko, seeded third, advanced when sixth-seeded Russian Anna Kalinskaya retired while trailing 6-1, 3-1.

Fernandez saved four of five break points while breaking Cirstea on three of nine chances in her second win over the Romanian veteran this month.

The 23-year-old from Laval, Que., defeated Cirstea in the semifinals of the Japan Women's Open en route to claiming the fifth title of the career.

The 19-year-old Mboko, from Toronto, was dominating her quarterfinal before Kalinskaya retired after 4

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