Russian Anna Kalinskaya came from behind to upset top seed Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 and reach the quarterfinals at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.
Down 5-4 in the second set, Pegula couldn’t hold serve, giving Kalinskaya the set. In the third, Pegula went down 3-0 quickly and couldn’t fight her way back into the match.
The day was far better for another American, second-seeded Emma Navarro, who needed 93 minutes to defeat Russian qualifier Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-1. Navarro also reached the quarters in Strasbourg in 2023.
In the next round, she’ll face Brazil’s Beatriz Haddid Maia, the ninth seed, who topped Ashlyn Krueger 7-6 (3), 6-3.
The day’s other winner was Danielle Collins, the runner-up to Madison Keys in Strasbourg last season. She ousted Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the first meeting between the former Top 10 players.
Collins needed two hours, 20 minutes to pull off the clay-court win and set up a quarterfinal match with Kalinskaya.
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Second seed Camila Osorio of Colombia outlasted Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to move on to the quarterfinals in Rabat, Morocco.
It was a match littered with break points, with Osorio converting 7 of 11 chances and her opponent 5 of 13.
The two other seeded players in action also moved on in three sets. Fourth seed Ann Li defeated fellow American Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-5, while No. 10 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain eliminated Burundi’s Sada Nahimana 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.
Katie Volynets, the ninth seed, fell to Australia’s Maya Joint in straight sets. Also moving to the quarterfinals were Maria Mateas, Jaqueline Cristian of Romania and Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic.
–Field Level Media
