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Puig Defeats Polona Hercog to Reach Women’s Singles Semifinals at the 2016 Rio Games

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2016 Rio Games

Mónica Puig is one win away from earning an Olympic medal…

The 22-year-old Puerto Rican tennis play won her quarterfinal match at the 2016 Rio Games, and now she is thisclose to winning at least a silver medal.

Mónica Puig

Puig continues to take single women’s tennis by storm at the 2016 Summer Olympics, after beating Slovenia’s Polona Hercog in three sets: 4-6, 6-1 and 3-6 to advance to the semifinals.

She has also bested Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Spain’s Garbine Muguruza and Germany’s Laura Seigemund.

Muguruza, the fourth-ranked player in the world and 2016 French Open champion was bested by Puig, 6-1, 6-1 in three sets.

Puig is ranked 34th in the world, but her momentum at the Rio Olympics has pushed her to the semifinal round, where she’ll face the Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitová.

Muguruza Advances to the Grand Prix SAR Semifinals

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Garbine Muguruza is two wins away from earning her next WTA title…

The 20-year-old Venezuelan-Spanish defeated Israel’s Shahar Peer 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Grand Prix SAR semifinals in Morocco on Friday.

Garbine Muguruza

Muguruza, the tournament’s fifth seed, won seven straight games against Peer to clinch the first set and lead 5-0 in the second.

She’s enjoying a breakthrough season, as she clinched her first WTA title in January at the Hobart International and finished runner-up at the Brazil Cup in March.

Peer made five double faults and was able to hold serve only once.

Muguruza will next face fellow Spaniard Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, who edged out Polona Hercog of Slovenia 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5).