Birmingham Open: Putintseva advances to last four

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva moved into the semi-finals of the Birmingham Open by winning against American lucky loser Caroline Dolehide 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-1 at Edgbaston Priory Club on Friday.

Putintseva, ranked No 41, will face Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto next.

The Kazakh defeated Frenchwoman Clara Burel (6-3, 6-4) and Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (6-3, 6-0) ahead of her victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Dolehide, ranked No 61, edged out Karolina Pliskova (2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)) and benefited from the abandonment of Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 5 seed (6-3, 3-0).

Birmingham WTA 250, other last eight results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Leylah Fernandez vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Anastasia Potapova (7) beat Barbora Krejcikova (2): 6-1, 6-4
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Diana Shnaider: 5-7, 6-4, 6-2