The second favorite from Cluj-Napoca, Angelina Kalinina, stopped in the 1/8 finals of the Transylvania Open 2022 tournament, the Ukrainian was defeated in three sets by Anna Blinkova, who arrived from the qualification.
Angelina Kalinina defeated Anna Blinkova in the quarterfinals of Transylvania Open 2022
The Russian, ranked 138th in the world, won after two hours and 38 minutes of play with a score of (7)6-7, 6-1, 6-3.
Blinkova will fight for a place in the final with compatriot Anastasia Potapova (48 WTA, favorite 4), who beat Anna Bondar (Hungary, 62 WTA and 8th seed) with a score of 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.
Big week for Blinkova in Cluj! From the qualifying tournament to the semi-finals uD83DuDCAAuD83CuDFFB
Anna Blinkova defeats second seed Angelina Kalina with an impressive 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 win. #ТО2022 pic.twitter.com/9L7cTbdyJA
— Transylvania Open (@TransylvaniaOpn) October 14, 2022
Jasmine Paolini (78 WTA) also advanced to the penultimate act of the “WTA 250” competition, the Italian beating Jules Niemeyer (Germany, 74 WTA) in straight sets, 7-5, 7-5.
Paolini will beat the winner of the match between the Chinese Xia Wang (59 WTA, favorite 7) and the Iberian Nuria Parrizas-Diaz (75 WTA) in the next round.
Transylvania Open 2022, semi-finals
Nuria Parrizas-Diaz / Xiu Wang (7) vs Jasmine Paolini
Anastasia Potapova (4) against Anna Blikova.
The Transylvania Open takes place from October 10 to 16 in Cluj-Napoca, it is played on indoor hard, the tournament is part of the WTA 250 category, it has a total prize money of $251,750 and the title champion is Anette Kontaveit.
Source: Hot News RO
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