Jacqueline Christian advanced to the semifinals of the tournament in Cluj-Napoca on Friday, beating Anastasia Sevastova in straight sets 6-3, 7-5.

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Jacqueline Christian defeated Anastasia Sevastova in the quarterfinals of the Transylvania Open

Jacqueline Christian is a Transylvania Open semifinalist.

The athlete, who occupies the 81st place in the WTA hierarchy, beat Anastasia Sevastova (656 WTA) in two sets following the results of the match, which lasted one hour and 39 minutes.

In the penultimate act of the competition, Jacqueline will meet the winner of the duel between Aranta Rus (45 WTA) and Ana Bohdan (65 WTA).

Transylvania Open will be held from February 5 to 11 in Cluj-Napoca. The tournament is held on closed hard, is part of the WTA 250 category and has a total prize pool of $267,082.

The competition was held three more times: 2021 (Anette Kontaveit won, score 6-2, 6-3, after the final with Simona Halep), 2022 (Anna Blinkova won, score 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, with Jasmine Paoloni ) and 2023 (Tamara Korpatch lifted the trophy after 6-3, 6-4 with Gabriela Ruse).