Strasbourg Open: Blinkova beats Friedsam to make quarter-finals
Anna Blinkova won against Anna-Lena Friedsam (6-4, 7-6 (11)) on Tuesday.
Tennis – Italian Open – Foro Italico, Rome, Italy – May 9, 2023 Russia’s Anna Blinkova in action during her round of 128 match against Egypt’s Mayar Sherif (Ai/Reuters/Panoramic)
Anna Blinkova beat German Anna-Lena Friedsam (6-4, 7-6 (11)) on Tuesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Strasbourg Open.
Blinkova, ranked No 66, will now play against the winner of the match between American Emma Navarro and Swiss Jil Teichmann, the No 8 seed.
Ahead of her victory, Blinkova had edged out Frenchwoman Amandine Hesse (4-6, 6-0, 6-4).
Friedsam, ranked No 92, won against Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 3 seed (6-0, 6-0) in the previous round.
Strasbourg WTA 250, other last 16 results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):
- Elina Svitolina vs. Erin Routliffe
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Selena Janicijevic
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Lauren Davis
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Bernarda Pera
- Emma Navarro vs. Jil Teichmann
- Clara Burel vs. Kaia Kanepi
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