Birmingham Classic: Potapova moves into semi-finals
Anastasia Potapova edged out Harriet Dart 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday evening. She’ll play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the second seed, in the next round
Anastasia Potapova (AI.Reuters/Panoramic)
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.
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
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