Dutch Open: Rogers makes last four
Shelby Rogers edged out Kirsten Flipkens 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Friday afternoon and will play Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, in the next round
Shelby Rogers at the Adelaide International tennis tournament at Memorial Drive on February 23, 2021 in Adelaide, Australia.
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American Shelby Rogers reached the last 4 of the Dutch Open by edging out Belgian Kirsten Flipkens 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at the Autotron Rosmalen on Friday.
Rogers, ranked No 42, will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, next.
The American beat Russian Vitalia Diatchenko (6-2, 6-4) and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed (6-2, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Flipkens, ranked No 308, won against Russian qualifier Anastasia Tikhonova (6-2, 5-7, 6-3) and American Ann Li (6-1, 6-1).
Rosmalen WTA 250, other quarter-finals results (Autotron Rosmalen, grass, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (7) beat CatyMcNally (Q): 6-0, 6-1
- Aryna Sabalenka beat Alison Van Uytvanck: 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 [5]
- Veronika Kudermetova (6) beat Belinda Bencic (2): 6-4, 6-2
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