, June 24 (IANS) Top seed Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic rolled into the Birmingham Classic final with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over China's Zhu Lin, here on Saturday.In their first career meeting, 12th-ranked Krejcikova took 1 hour and 32 .
Venus Williams' short but unexpected run at the Birmingham Classic comes to an end with defeat by second seed Jelena Ostapenko in a three-set thriller.
than the traditional four. another cricket line to bring you, leg spinner rehan ahmed has been added to england s men s squad for the next ashes test on wednesday. the 18 year old took seven wickets on his test debut against pakistan in december, he replaces all rounder moeen ali, who struggled with a finger injury during the dramatic first test, which australia won by two wickets. top seed carlos alcaraz is back in action later, for the quarterfinals at queen s in london. he s up against grigor dimitrov. cameron norrie, the british number one, is on before him. also happening now is the birmingham classic, with second seed jelena 0stapenko, who beat venus williams on thursday taking on magdelena frech. and freck is a set up. winning that 6 4. at stake a place in the semi s of the wimbledon warm up.
england trail by 393. another cricket line to bring you. leg spinner rehan ahmed has been added to england s men s squad for the next ashes test on wednesday at lord s. the 18 year old took 7 wickets on his test debut against pakistan in december, he replaces all rounder moeen ali, who struggled with a finger injury during the dramatic first test, which australia won by two wickets. top seed carlos alcaraz is back in action later, for the quarterfinals at queen s in london. he s up against grigor dimitrov. cameron norrie, the british number one, is on before him. also happening now is the birmingham classic, jelena 0stapenko is through the semifinals after beating magdalena frech in three sets. 0stapenko beat venus williams on thursday and will play the winner of britain s harriet dart against anastasia potapova. also happening now is the birmingham classic, jelena 0stapenko is through the semifinals after beating magdalena frech