Tennis
Bad Homburg Open: Vekic books spot in last eight
Croat Donna Vekic moved into the quarter-finals of the Bad Homburg Open by winning against Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 6 seed, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 at the TC Bad Homburg on Tuesday afternoon.
Vekic, ranked No 49, will play the winner of the match between Katerina Siniakova and Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the second seed, next.
In the previous round of the Bad Hombourg tournament, the Croat defeated Italian qualifier Lucia Bronzetti (6-3, 6-4).
Alexandrova, ranked No 22, won against Argentinian Nadia Podoroska (6-3, 6-0) in the previous round of the Bad Homburg tournament.
Bad Homburg WTA 500, other last 16 results (TC Bad Homburg, grass, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Anna Blinkova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Emma Navarro vs. Peyton Stearns
- Diana Shnaider vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Jule Niemeier vs. Paula Badosa
- Viktoriya Tomova (Q) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 6-2
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