Birmingham Classic: Halep books spot in semi-finals, brushes aside Brit Boulter
Simona Halep defeated Katie Boulter 6-4, 6-1 on Friday evening. She’ll face the winner of the match between Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and Italian Camila Giorgi, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Romania’s Simona Halep in action during her third round match against Britain’s Harriet Dart (Panoramic)
Romanian Simona Halep, the second seed, advanced to the semi-finals of the Birmingham Classic by winning against wildcard Katie Boulter 6-4, 6-1 at Edgbaston Priory Club on Friday evening.
Halep, ranked No 20, will face the winner of the match between Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and Italian Camila Giorgi, the No 3 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the Romanian beat Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko (6-1, 6-4) and wildcard Harriet Dart (6-3, 6-2).
Boulter, ranked No 141, defeated American Alison Riske, the No 7 seed (6-4, 6-3) and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia (7-6 (5), 6-1) in the previous rounds.
Birmingham WTA 250, other last 8 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Camila Giorgi
- Shuai Zhang (8) beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-5, 6-4
- Sorana Cirstea (6) beat Donna Vekic (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
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