Lee-Waters speeds into Tinsley semis

There has been a noticeable buzz around the Boar’s Head Sports Club the last couple of days when Lindsay Lee-Waters — wearing a pink outfit and black sneakers with pink trim — takes the court.

Fashion attire aside, Lee-Waters always seems to be playing at a much faster, more frenetic pace, than her opponent.

That was once again the case on Friday afternoon when the Atlanta resident upset No. 1 seed Alexa Glatch, 6-3, 6-2, and moved into today’s semifinals of the Boyd Tinsley USTA $50,000 Women’s Pro Tennis Championships.

“I felt really good out there,” said Lee-Waters, who entered the tournament ranked No. 286. “Each match I’ve gotten better. I just wanted to execute my game. I felt really good about my performance.

“I served really well and was able to strike on the first ball and get her moving — and I returned well. That was a big key.”

The 31-year-old Lee-Waters will take on No. 3 seed Carly Gullickson at 10 a.m. Gullickson, 22, was an easy 6-3, 6-0 winner over No. 5 seed Olga Puchkova.

In the other quarterfinal matches, No. 4 Ekaterina Bychkova beat Alexandra Mueller, 7-6, 6-4 and Lilia Osterloh knocked off Mirjana Lucic, 6-0, 7-5. Bychkova and Osterloh will meet in today’s second semifinal, which gets underway at the conclusion of the Lee-Waters-Gullickson match.

On Friday, it was very obvious from the get-go that Lee-Waters had more juice in the tank than Glatch.

“I was definitely a little tired today,” admitted Glatch, ranked

No. 114, “but I thought Lindsay played really well. She was the better player.”

The match between Lee-Waters and Gullickson should be an entertaining one. The good friends have split four career meetings, with Gullickson winning the most recent one last year.

“She’s a really quick player and really fast,” Gullickon said. “She has a lot of variety — she has slice backhands and can drop shot and has a good serve. I’m just going to have to be ready for everything and hopefully play really good tennis.”

After Gullickson’s victory, many fans left the Boar’s Head shaking their heads. Puchkova competed hard at the outset, but then clearly mailed things in, losing the final nine games.

In fact, the Russian packed her tennis bag and put her warmup back on just before the final game. Puchkova declined comment afterward.

Surprisingly, Gullickson, who played with a heavy wrap around her right elbow, wasn’t thrilled with her own performance.

“I honestly felt like I didn’t play well at all,” she said. “The conditions are hard because of the rain the last few days and the courts are really slow. And my elbow was really, really hurting today, so I’m glad I pulled through it and I’m almost glad that she did [give up].”

The Osterloh-Lucic match was an interesting one. Osterloh, a Columbian who played at Stanford, dominated the first set, using a just-get-everything-back style that seemed to annoy Lucic, a former Australian Open doubles champion.

But Lucic battled back hard in the second set. When Osterloh, leading 6-5, double-faulted twice, the match seemed destined for a tiebreaker. However, Lucic made three unforced errors and Osterloh was able to escape with the win.

“It was just one of those days when you play like — I’m not going to say what,” Lucic said, “but I think we all know what I mean.

“It was all me out there making mistakes. The ball was going anywhere but where I wanted it to. It was really frustrating. Nothing was going my way…but she did what she had to do.”