Keys advances to last four at WTA Strasbourg 500

Madison Keys, the No 4 seed, overpowered Pole Magda Linette 6-1, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Thursday.

Keys, ranked No 16, will face Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 5 seed, on Friday.

The American previously beat China’s Xinyu Wang (7-5, 6-0) ahead of Thursday’s victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Linette — ranked No 50 — got the best of Romanian Sorana Cirstea (7-5, 7-5) and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 6 seed (6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3).

Strasbourg WTA 500, other last 8 results:

• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Danielle Collins vs. Clara Burel
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (2): 6-3, 6-0