Semifinals set at Innisbrook Women's Open 25K

Friday means the quarterfinals in singles play at the Innisbrook Women's Open, a 25K event on the 2013 USTA Women's Pro Circuit.

The Innisbrook Women's Open is the first of two consecutive $25,000 women’s events to be played on clay to start out 2013. It also begins the first of two clay-court seasons on the USTA Pro Circuit calendar; the other begins in the spring, leading up to the French Open.

Play this week is taking place at the beautiful Innisbrook Golf Resort and Spa in Palm Harbor, Florida, a venue all the players love.

Advancing to the final four on Saturday are a talented German in Kristina Barrois. Barrois defeated Hilda Melander of Sweden 6-2, 6-2. Barrois will next face seventh-seeded Tadeja Majeric. Majeric has cruised into the semifinals this week without losing a set.

The other semi will feature Ajla Tomljanovic of Croatia and Norway's Ulrikke Eikeri.
Tomljanovic won a long three-setter and Eikeri continued her consistent play with a straight set win over Anne Schaefer of Germany.

The Tomljanovic/Eikeri match should be up for grabs, with both players having past success on the USTA Pro Circuit.

In the doubles final, Eikeri and her partner, Chieh-Yu Hsu will play Florencia Molinero of Argentina and Adriana Perez of Venezuela.

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Rick Limpert is a freelance journalist/photographer. He has covered tennis for the last 10 years attending professional, college, and junior tournaments all over North America and Europe. In the last 12 months he has interviewed Roger Federer, Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, Mardy Fish,...

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