Upper Austria Ladies: Vekic moves into last four, bagels Burel
Donna Vekic won against Clara Burel 6-0, 7-6 (3) on Friday afternoon. She’ll play the winner of the match between No 5 seed Anastasia Potapova and second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the next round
Donna Vekic in Linz (Gepa/Panoramic)
Croat Donna Vekic, the No 3 seed, advanced to the last four of the Upper Austria Ladies by defeating Frenchwoman Clara Burel 6-0, 7-6 (3) at the TipsArena in Linz on Friday.
Vekic, ranked No 34, will play the winner of the match between No 5 seed Anastasia Potapova and second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova next.
Ahead of her victory, the Croat won against Ukrainian wildcard Dayana Yastremska (6-1, 6-1).
Burel, ranked No 52, won against Austrian wildcard Sinja Kraus (6-1, 6-4) and edged out Katerina Siniakova (6-3, 5-7, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.
Linz WTA 500, other last eight results (TipsArena, hard, USD 802.237, most recent results first):
- Elise Mertens vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Jodie Burrage
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
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