The national team of Bulgaria for the "Billie Jean Cup" Liya Karatancheva qualified for the singles semifinals and the doubles final of the tennis tournament on hard courts in Segovia (Spain) with a prize fund of 25,000 dollars, BTA reported.
The Bulgarian defeated Canadian Cadence Brace, who is ranked 485th in the world ranking, 7:6(3), 7:6(6) in 2:18 hours.
In a dispute for a place in the final, the Sofia woman will face the No. 5 ranked Nahia Berekoechea (France).
Karatancheva and Radka Zelnichkova (Slovakia), seeded at number 3 in the doubles draw, reached the doubles final. The two defeated second-seeded Diana Marcinkevitsa (Latvia) and Jenny Durst (Switzerland) 6:1, 6:7(5), 10:5 in 86 minutes.
In a dispute for the title tomorrow, Karatancheva and Zelnichkova will play against the leaders in the scheme Alexandra Osborne (Australia) and Anna Rogers (USA).
The Bulgarian has two ITF doubles titles in her career.