The top-seeded Anett Kontaveit advanced to the semifinals in Hamburg

The top-seeded Estonian Anett Kontaveit advanced to the semifinals of the tennis tournament in the German city of Hamburg with a prize fund of 251,750 USD.

Anett Kontaveit eliminated last year’s runner-up and eighth seed Andrea Petkovic with 6:0, 2:0 and the representative of the home team withdrew due to a thigh injury.

“90 percent of the time it’s a muscle tear”, explained Andrea Petkovic.

For a place in the final, Anett Kontaveit, the second in the world ranking, will face the Russian Anastasia Potapova.

The 21-year-old Anastasia Potapova defeated the third-seeded Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) with 2-0 (6:1, 6:3) to reach her second consecutive WTA semi-final after last week’s tournament in Lausanne.

Maryna Zanevska (Belgium) and Bernarda Pera (USA) will play in the other semi-final.

Maryna Zanevska, the seventh in the scheme, took the victory versus the fourth-seeded Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus) with 2-0 (6:4, 7:5), after in the second set she made up for a passive break three times and reached success with a series of three games in a row.

Croatia-born left-hander Bernarda Pera defeated Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) with 2-0 (6:3, 6:1). The American is in great form after winning the first title of her career last week in Budapest.