Day 7: Crowd favourites Bouzkova and Noskova advanced to semifinals

The WTA tournament Livesport Prague Open continued with its seventh game day. First seed Anett Kontaveit from Estonia surprisingly lost to Anastasia Potapova. Home wild card Linda Noskova advanced to her maiden WTA semifinal and will play against this year’s Wimbledon quarterfinalist Marie Bouzkova, who defeated qualifier Oksana Selekhmeteva. Chinese qualifier Qiang Wang won a three-hour battle against Magda Linette from Poland.

ORDER OF PLAY – FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2022

CENTRE COURT starts at 11:00 AM
[1] Anett Kontaveit (EST) vs [7] Anastasia Potapova (-) 1:6, 1:6
[WC] Linda Noskova (CZE) vs [LL] Nao Hibino (JPN) 6:3, 4:2 ret.
[8] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) vs [Q] Oksana Selekhmeteva (-) 6:3, 6:0
Magda Linette (POL) vs [Q] Qiang Wang (CHN) 5:7, 7:6(5), 4:6

COURT 1 starts at 2:00 PM
[4] Potapova, Sizikova (-) vs Fomina-Klotz, Yashina (-) 7:5, 6:1
[Alt] Gabueva, Zakharova (-) vs L. Havlickova, L. Noskova (CZE) 6:4, 3:6, 10:8
[Alt] Gabueva, Zakharova (-) vs [3] M. Kato (JPN), S. Murray Sharan (GBR) walkover, Murray Sharan withdrew due to illness

Photo: LIVESPORT PRAGUE OPEN / Pavel Lebeda (sport-pics.cz)

Author: eSports

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