 Baltacha will take no further part after being knocked out in the second round |
British number two Elena Baltacha was outclassed by fellow Briton Anna Smith in the second round of the Barnstaple Open on Thursday. Smith easily beat the world number 135 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals. Top seed and British number one Anne Keothavong had a convincing victory as she beat Ukraine's Yevheniia Savranska 6-4, 6-2. British number three Katie O'Brien is also through. The number six seed won 6-3, 6-1 over Czech Andrea Hlavackova. O'Brien will face Keothavong in the semis on Saturday if both win their quarter-final matches on Friday. Keothavong is up against the eighth seed from Sweden, Johanna Larsson, while O'Brien faces Hungary's Katalin Marosi.
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