Upper Austria Ladies: Alexandrova survives first set scare to book semi-final ticket
Ekaterina Alexandrova won against Petra Martic 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Friday evening. She’ll play top seed Karolina Muchova in the next round
Ekaterina Alexandrova – Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 4 seed, reached the semi-finals of the Upper Austria Ladies by winning against Croat qualifier Petra Martic 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 at the TipsArena in Linz on Friday evening.
Alexandrova, ranked No 30, will face top seed Karolina Muchova next.
Ahead of her victory, the Russian beat Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich (6-3, 6-2).
Martic, ranked No 125, won against German wildcard Eva Lys (6-4, 5-7, 6-3) and edged out Armenian Elina Avanesyan, the No 7 seed (6-4, 4-6, 7-5) earlier in the tournament.
Linz WTA 500, other last 8 results (TipsArena, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):
- Karolina Muchova beat Anastasia Potapova (6): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Clara Tauson (8) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-3
- Dayana Yastremska (5) beat Maria Sakkari (3): 7-5, 6-0
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