Upper Austria Ladies: Ostapenko reaches semi-finals, defeats struggling qualifier Burrage

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the top seed, reached the last 4 of the Upper Austria Ladies by winning against qualifier Jodie Burrage 6-1, 6-2 at the TipsArena in Linz on Friday evening.

Ostapenko, ranked No 12, will face the winner of the match between Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 4 seed, and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next.

The Latvian edged out Dane qualifier Clara Tauson (3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)) ahead of her victory.

In the previous rounds of the Linz tournament, Burrage, ranked No 102, defeated Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva, the No 7 seed (6-4, 6-0) and Romanian lucky loser Jaqueline Cristian (6-3, 7-6 (5)).

Linz WTA 500, other quarter-finals results (TipsArena, hard, USD 802.237, most recent results first):

• Elise Mertens vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (2) beat Anastasia Potapova (5): 6-2, 7-6 (8)
• Donna Vekic (3) beat Clara Burel: 6-0, 7-6 (3)