Prague Open: Wang advances to last 4
Qiang Wang edged out Magda Linette 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4 on Friday afternoon. She’ll face Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Chinese qualifier Qiang Wang moved into the semi-finals of the Prague Open by edging out Pole Magda Linette 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4 at TK Sparta Praha on Friday.
Wang, ranked No 141, will face Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 7 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Chinese edged out Swede Rebecca Peterson (1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)) and won against Slovenian qualifier Dalila Jakupovic (6-3, 6-1).
Linette, ranked No 68, defeated Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 3 seed (6-3, 2-6, 6-2) and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-3, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.
Prague WTA 250, other last eight results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Marie Bouzkova (8) beat Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q): 6-3, 6-0
- Linda Noskova (WC) beat Nao Hibino (LL): 6-3, 4-2 ret.
- Anastasia Potapova beat Anett Kontaveit (1): 6-1, 6-1
