Berlin Open: Vekic sets up Sakkari semi-final
Donna Vekic beat Elina Avanesyan 6-2, 7-6 on Saturday night and will play Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Donna Vekic in Berlin (Zuma/Panoramic)
Croat Donna Vekic moved into the last four of the Berlin Open by beating Russian lucky loser Elina Avanesyan 6-2, 7-6 at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Saturday.
Vekic, ranked No 23, will face Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 6 seed, next.
The Croat won against Russian Varvara Gracheva (6-3, 6-2) and edged out Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the second seed (6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Berlin tournament.
Earlier in the tournament, Avanesyan, ranked No 81, edged out No 8 seed Daria Kasatkina (6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7)) and won against Anna Blinkova (1-6, 6-3, 6-2).
Berlin WTA 500, other quarter-finals results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 678.814, most recent results first):
- Caroline Garcia vs. Petra Kvitova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Maria Sakkari beat Marketa Vondrousova (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-1
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