Eastbourne Open: Pavlyuchenkova reaches semi-finals

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won against qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 2-6, 6-0 to reach the last 4 of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park Lawn Club on Thursday evening.

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 53, will face Australian Maya Joint next.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova edged out Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7)) and defeated Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell (7-5, 7-5) ahead of her victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Rakhimova, ranked No 87, won against Italian qualifier Elisabetta Cocciaretto (6-4, 4-6, 6-3) and American Peyton Stearns, the No 6 seed (6-3, 6-4).

Eastbourne WTA 250, other last 8 results (Devonshire Park Lawn Club, grass, USD 389.000, most recent results first):

• Alexandra Eala (Q) beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-1, 6-2
• Maya Joint beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 7-5
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Barbora Krejcikova