Transylvania Open by Verdino: Blinkova upsets second seed Kalinina to reach semis
Anna Blinkova beat Anhelina Kalinina 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-3 on Friday evening. She’ll face Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Russian qualifier Anna Blinkova reached the last four of the Transylvania Open by Verdino by winning against Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the second seed, 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-3 on Friday evening.
Blinkova, ranked No 138, will play Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 4 seed, next.
In the previous rounds, the Russian defeated qualifier Anastasia Zakharova (6-1, 7-6 (7)) and Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-4, 2-6, 6-1).
Kalinina, ranked No 45, benefited from the abandonment of Canadian wildcard Eugenie Bouchard (6-3) and beat Belgian qualifier Ysaline Bonaventure (6-3, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.
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