Wang Xiyu of China celebrates after her women's singles second-round victory over Maria Sakkari of Greece at the 2022 US Open in New York, Aug 31, 2022. (LIU JIE / XINHUA)

BEIJING – China's Wang Xiyu stormed into her second WTA semifinal this year with a 6-1, 7-6 (5) win over world No. 75 Nuria Parrizas Diaz at the WTA250 event in Cluj Napoca Open, Romania Friday.

As the 7th seed of the tournament, the 21-year-old Chinese hopeful showed her tough side in the game. After winning the first set, she came back from 5-2 down and saved a set point to turn the tables.

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Wang gained 110 points from this game, which made her instant ranking move into top 50. She will face Italy's Jasmine Paolini in the semifinals.