Day 5 at the Port Pirie Come See Change Tennis International was completed with singles semifinalists now locked in.<\/p>\n
No. 2 seed Lulu Sun<\/strong>\u00a0(SUI) was too good for Olivia<\/strong> Symons <\/strong>(Vic), winning 6-2, 6-0. The seventeen year old has been in scintillating form this week, only dropping nine games in three matches. In the battle of two other 17-year-olds, Bojana Marinkov <\/strong>(NSW) proved too strong for Amber Marshall <\/strong>(SA), taking the win 6-4, 6-1.<\/p>\n The youngest player in the field, Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz <\/strong>(SA), was victorious against Natasha<\/strong> Russell <\/strong>(SA) in the closest match of the day, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1. Meanwhile, number 1 seed Jennifer<\/strong> Elie <\/strong>(USA) continued on her winning way after a tight first set against Alexandra Osborne <\/strong>(NSW) 6-4, 6-1 .<\/p>\n In the doubles semifinals, Elie <\/strong>and Alicia Smith <\/strong>(Qld)\u00a0<\/strong>were no match against Marshall<\/strong> and Valentina Ivanov <\/strong>(NZL), losing 2-6, 1-6, while earlier Patricia Boentgen <\/strong>(GER) and Lisa Mays <\/strong>(NSW) found an even easier passage to today\u2019s final after Georgiana Ruhrig <\/strong>(Vic) and Jelena Stojanovic <\/strong>(WA) retired after trailing 2-5 in the first set.<\/p>\n Today is also singles semifinals day with Kempenaers-Pocz <\/strong>facing off against Sun <\/strong>before Elie <\/strong>takes on Marinkov.<\/strong><\/p>\n