Prague Open: Linette moves into last four

Pole Magda Linette, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last four of the Prague Open by winning against Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, the No 5 seed, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the Sparta Prague Tennis Club on Wednesday.

Linette, ranked No 48, will play the winner of the match between top seed Linda Noskova and German Ella Seidel next.

The Pole defeated German qualifier Mona Barthel (7-6 (4), 6-4) and Spaniard Rebeka Masarova (6-3, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Prague tournament, Tomova, ranked No 49, won against Slovak wildcard Renata Jamrichova (7-6 (3), 6-3) and Croat Jana Fett (6-3, 6-4).

Prague WTA 250, other last eight results (Sparta Prague Tennis Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Linda Noskova vs. Ella Seidel
• Oksana Selekhmeteva vs. Laura Samson
• Magdalena Frech (6) beat Anhelina Kalinina (3): 2-6, 6-0, 6-1