Birmingham Classic: Top seed Krejcikova defeats Fruhvirtova, advances to semi-finals
Barbora Krejcikova won against Linda Fruhvirtova 6-3, 6-2 on Friday evening and will play Chinese Lin Zhu in the next round
Barbora Krejcikova in Birmingham (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Top seed Barbora Krejcikova won against Linda Fruhvirtova 6-3, 6-2 to move into the last four of the Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club on Friday evening.
Krejcikova, ranked No 12, will play Chinese Lin Zhu next.
Barbora Krejcikova defeated Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa (6-3, 6-3) and qualifier Tereza Martincova (6-4, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of the Birmingham tournament, Fruhvirtova, ranked No 57, won against Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina (6-2, 6-0) and American Bernarda Pera, the No 6 seed (6-1, 7-6 (3)).
Birmingham WTA 250, other quarter-finals results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Harriet Dart vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Jelena Ostapenko (2) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Lin Zhu beat Rebecca Marino (LL): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
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