Strasbourg Open: Davis saves match points to beat Pavlyuchenkova, meets Blinkova in semis

American Lauren Davis, the No 7 seed, advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA Strasbourg Open by defeating Russian wildcard Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0 at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Thursday.

Davis, ranked No 58, saved two match points as the Russian served for the match at 5-4 in the second set before fighting her way back. She will play another Russian, Anna Blinkova, next.

Defiant Davis 💪@LaurenDavis93 digs deep to find her way to victory, defeating Pavlyuchenkova 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-0 to reach her first clay-court semifinal in Strasbourg!#IS23 pic.twitter.com/n0gqr5aAgp

— wta (@WTA) May 25, 2023

The American won against French qualifier Sarah Iliev (7-5, 6-0) and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-4, 3-6, 6-1) ahead of her win today.

In the previous rounds of the Strasbourg tournament, Pavlyuchenkova, a former world No 11 who is now ranked No 424, won against qualifier Angelina Gabueva (6-3, 6-1) and Pole Magda Linette, the top seed (6-3, 6-2).

Strasbourg WTA 250, other last quarter-final matches (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 225,480)

• Anna Blinkova beat Emma Navarro: 6-4, 6-4
• Clara Burel vs. Bernarda Pera
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Elina Svitolina

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