Birmingham Classic: Potapova moves into semi-finals

Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 4 seed, edged out wildcard Harriet Dart 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the last four of the Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club on Friday evening.

Potapova, ranked No 21, will play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the second seed, next.

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Ahead of her victory, the 22-year-old Russian edged out Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4) and American Catherine McNally (3-6, 6-2, 7-6).

Dart, ranked No 134, edged out wildcard Jodie Burrage (4-6, 6-2, 7-5) and won against Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 5 seed (6-3, 3-6, 6-1) in the previous rounds of the Birmingham tournament.

Birmingham WTA 250, other quarter-finals results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Barbora Krejcikova (1) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-3, 6-2
• Jelena Ostapenko beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Lin Zhu beat Rebecca Marino (LL): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2