Rouen Open: Linette beats Rus to move into semi-finals
Magda Linette beat Arantxa Rus 7-6 (9), 6-1 on Friday and will play the winner of the match between Anhelina Kalinina and Mirra Andreeva in the next round
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Pole Magda Linette beat Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus 7-6 (9), 6-1 to move into the last four of the Rouen Open at the Kindarena.
Linette, ranked No 60, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 3 seed, and Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 5 seed, next.
The Pole beat French wildcard Elsa Jacquemot (7-5, 6-1) and Serb qualifier Natalija Stevanovic (6-2, 6-1) in the previous rounds of the Rouen tournament.
Earlier in the tournament, Rus, ranked No 53, won against American qualifier Robin Montgomery (6-3, 6-1) and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the top seed (6-3, 1-6, 6-3).
Rouen WTA 250, other last-eight results (Kindarena, clay, EUR 232.244, most recent results first):
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Caroline Garcia
- Sloane Stephens (6) beat Yue Yuan (4): 6-2, 6-2
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