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Top-seeded Barty moves into semifinals in Strasbourg

Published May. 24, 2018 11:39 a.m. ET

STRASBOURG, France (AP) Top-seeded Ashleigh Barty advanced to the semifinals of the Strasbourg International by beating Wang Qiang 7-5, 6-4 Thursday.

It was Barty's third consecutive straight-set win at the clay-court tournament.

''I felt very clean off the ground today and felt like that was my best match so far this week,'' Barty said.

The 22-year-old Australian will next face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who defeated Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 6-4, 6-2.

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