Strasbourg Open: Blinkova beats Navarro to reach semis

The Russian will play the winner of the match between wildcard Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lauren Davis, the No 7 seed, in the next round

Anna Blinkova in Strasbourg 2023 Image Credit: Anna Blinkova in Strasbourg 2023

Tennis Majors

May 25, 2023

Internationaux de Strasbourg •Quarter-final • completed

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A. BlinkovavsE. Navarro

Russian Anna Blinkova defeated American Emma Navarro 6-4, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the WTA Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Thursday.

Blinkova, ranked No 66, will play the winner of the match between Russian wildcard Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and American Lauren Davis, the No 7 seed, next.

[Court Central] On connaît le nom de notre première demi-finaliste qui n’est d’autre qu’#AnnaBlinkova🤩💪🏻
Un match bien maîtrisé face à Emma Navarro qui a joué agressif sur ses changements de trajectoire #IS23

🎾 6-4,6-4
🕙 1:40

📸 : Christoph de Barry / C’est qui Maurice ? pic.twitter.com/aCEnZ7L98o
— Internationaux de Strasbourg (@WTA_Strasbourg) May 25, 2023

Ahead of her victory, the Russian edged out Frenchwoman Amandine Hesse (4-6, 6-0, 6-4) and German Anna-Lena Friedsam (6-4, 7-6 (11)).

Navarro, ranked No 82, won against Czech Tereza Martincova (6-2, 6-3) and Swiss Jil Teichmann, the No 8 seed (2-6, 6-3, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

Strasbourg WTA 250, other quarter-final matches (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 225,480)