Krejcikova ends Haddad Maia run to reach semi-finals in Tallinn
Barbora Krejcikova defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3, 6-4 on Friday and will play Swiss Belinda Bencic, the second seed, in the next round
Former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova ended the run of in-form Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 3 seed, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals of the Tallinn Open at the Forus Tennis Centre on Friday.
Seventh seed Krejcikova, ranked No 27, will face Swiss Belinda Bencic, the second seed, next.
In the previous rounds, the Czech won against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic (6-1, 7-6 (3)) and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (7-5, 6-3).
Haddad Maia, ranked No 15, edged out Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-3, 1-6, 6-4) and won against Czech qualifier Linda Noskova (6-1, 7-5) earlier in the tournament.
Tallinn WTA 250, other last 8 results (Forus Tennis Centre, hard, EUR 251.750, most recent results first):
- Karolina Muchova vs. Kaia Kanepi
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Ysaline Bonaventure
- Belinda Bencic beat Donna Vekic: 6-4, 6-1
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