Strasbourg Open: Kalinina advances to semi-finals

Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina defeated top seed Marketa Vondrousova 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 to move into the last four of the Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Friday night.

Kalinina, ranked No 56, will play American Danielle Collins, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Ukrainian edged out Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 8 seed (6-3, 3-6, 6-4) and won against French wildcard Fiona Ferro (6-3, 3-6, 6-0).

Vondrousova, ranked No 6, won against Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech (5-7, 6-1, 6-0) in the previous round of the Strasbourg tournament.

Strasbourg WTA 500, other last eight results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 802.237, most recent results first):

• Danielle Collins beat Clara Burel: 6-1, 6-3
• Madison Keys (4) beat Magda Linette: 6-1, 6-3
• Liudmila Samsonova (5) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (2): 6-3, 6-0