Cirstea battles past Vekic to reach Birmingham semis

Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 6 seed, moved into the semi-finals of the Birmingham Classic by battling past Croatian qualifier Donna Vekic in three sets at Edgbaston Priory Club on Friday.

Cirstea led 3-0 and 5-3 in the first set before Vekic fought back to take it 7-5. Cirstea then bounced back from an early break in the second set to win 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and 29 minutes.

The 36th ranked Romanian will face either Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska or Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 8 seed, in the semi-finals.

Birmingham WTA 250, quarter-final matches (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 251.750)

• Katie Boulter vs. Simona Halep
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Shuai Zhang

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