Birmingham Classic: Ostapenko advances to last four
Jelena Ostapenko beat Magdalena Frech 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 on Friday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between wildcard Harriet Dart and Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Jelena Ostapenko in Birmingham (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the second seed, defeated Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the semi-finals of the Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club on Friday.
Ostapenko, ranked No 17, will play the winner of the match between wildcard Harriet Dart and Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 4 seed, next.
Clutch performance 😤@JelenaOstapenk8 withstands a tough battle from Frech to move through to the semifinals!#RothesayClassic pic.twitter.com/n7K9gszVmG
— wta (@WTA) June 23, 2023
Ahead of her victory, the Latvian won against Czech Linda Noskova (6-2, 5-7, 6-1) and American wildcard Venus Williams (6-3, 5-7, 6-3).
Frech, ranked No 72, beat Czech Barbora Strycova (7-6 (3), 6-1) and edged out Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 8 seed (6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-4) earlier in the tournament.
Birmingham WTA 250, other last eight results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Harriet Dart vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
- Lin Zhu beat Rebecca Marino (LL): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
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