Routliffe through to semi-finals in Adelaide

Erin Routliffe and her Polish partner Alicja Rosolska are through to the semi-finals at the WTA tournament in Adelaide.

They have beaten Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk and Poland’s Katarzyna Piter 7-5, 6-3 in an hour and 11 minutes. Routliffe and Rosolska will face Japanese 3^rd seeds Makoto Ninomiya and Eri Hozumi for a place in the final.

Meanwhile rain in Sydney prevented Michael Venus from taking to the court for his second-round doubles match with German partner Tim Puetz. The 4^th seeds will face Frenchman Fabrice Martin and Britain’s Jonny O’Mara this afternoon. Marcus Daniell and Denis Kudla have pulled out of their match against third seeds John Peers and Filip Polasek.