Moscow (AFP)

France's Kristina Mladenovic lost in the semi-finals of the WTA tournament in Moscow (6-3, 6-4) on Saturday, beaten by a friend, Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, who qualifies for the Shenzen Masters.

The 26-year-old Northman (45th in the world) fails a second time in the final four after her semi-final in Zhengzhou, China, last month.

Faced with Belinda Bencic (10th), whom she considers "her best friend" on the circuit, Kristina Mladenovic did not carry much weight, committing too many unforced errors to repeat her quarter-final performance, where she dominated the 8th world, the Dutchman Kiki Bertens.

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