Barbora Krejcikova back into top 10 of world rankings after reaching final at Rothesay Classic

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Barbora Krejcikova will return to the top 10 of the world rankings after reaching the final of the Rothesay Classic in Birmingham. </p>

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The Czech claimed her maiden singles grand slam title in 2021 but missed a chunk of last season with an elbow injury and dropped down the rankings. </p>

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Now the 27-year-old is back on the up and she is yet to drop a set so far at Edgbaston Priory, easing to a 6-3 6-2 victory over China's Zhu Lin in the semi-finals. </p>

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Krejcikova said: "I'm really happy. Today was another difficult match, I felt it was really tough to play against my opponent today, so I'm really happy how I went through and I was really focused all the games. </p>

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"I played well. It's really nice that I'm back (in the top 10) but it's just a number, I want to keep going." </p>

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It will be a battle of the top two seeds in the final, but second seed Jelena Ostapenko has had a contrasting path. </p>

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The powerful Latvian survived her third close three-setter in as many days, seeing off Russian Anastasia Potapova 5-7 6-2 6-4. </p>

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"Honestly I don't know how I did it," said Ostapenko. "Every match was a really tough match. It's never easy and I always play a little bit up and down but in general I'm really happy. </p>

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"I think it's important to win these kind of matches when you're sometimes not playing your best and you just fight for every point. I will try to recover as good as I can and be ready for tomorrow." </p>

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