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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Tennis Majors

October 14, 2022

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.

Serve and volley to close out the win! 😳🤯

Anna Blinkova clinches her biggest win of the year with a 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 defeat of second seed Anhelina Kalinina to reach the semifinals of the Transylvania Open.

Hit 43 winners to reach her first WTA250 semifinal since 2019! pic.twitter.com/FrNLXRS46c
— WTARussians (@WTArussians) October 14, 2022

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.