Linz [Austria], February 3 (ANI): Top seed Jelena Ostapenko will lock horns with the previous winner Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinals of the Linz Open after both eased through their quarterfinal matches at the WTA 500 tournament on Friday. Following a dramatic second-round win over Clara Tauson in which she saved match points, Ostapenko needed only 70 minutes to defeat British qualifier Jodie Burrage, 6-1, 6-2, while Pavlyuchenkova defeated No.4 seed Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-3 to advance to her second tour-level semifinal since 2022 knee surgery, which forced her to miss eight months of …