Canada-United States and Australia-China will be the semifinals of the World Cup women’s basketball after beating Puerto Rico, Serbia, France and Belgium, respectively, in the quarterfinals. The meetings are held tomorrow, Friday, at 09:00 and 11:30 Spanish time.
The United States this time did not reach a hundred points in Sydney. ‘Only’ could they win 88-55 against Serbia. Alyssa Thomas posted a double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds and also dished out 7 assists against a Serbia that held their own in the first quarter, but couldn’t keep up with the American rhythm until the break, making useless the 14 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists from Yvonne Anderson.
In the meantime Canada also won with some clarity against Puerto Rico, a team they won 79-60 guided by Natalie Achonwa and despite the good performance of Trinity San Antonio, author of 16 points.
China ended a France that never gave up (85-71)but ended up giving in to the momentum of Meng Li (23 points), Sijing Huang (18) and Xu Han (13).
Hosts Australia were the last to draw the ticket. He won 86-69. He was much superior in the first three quarters and let himself go in the last, already with the classification sentenced. Cayla George shone with 19 points.
