Nordea Open: Schmiedlova moves into quarter-finals
Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova won against Elina Avanesyan 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Swede Mirjam Bjorklund and Spaniard Rebeka Masarova in the next round
Slovak Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova, the second seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Nordea Open by winning against Russian Elina Avanesyan 6-2, 6-3 at Båstad Tennisstadion in Bastad on Wednesday.
Schmiedlova, ranked No 84, will play the winner of the match between Swede Mirjam Bjorklund and Spaniard Rebeka Masarova next.
Ahead of her victory, the Slovak beat Finn Anastasia Kulikova (6-1, 7-6 (5)).
Avanesyan, ranked No 133, won against Swede wildcard Lisa Zaar (6-1, 6-2) in the previous round of the Swedish Open.
Bastad WTA 125, other second-round results (Båstad Tennisstadion, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Ipek Oz
- Mirjam Bjorklund vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Leolia Jeanjean vs. Rebecca Peterson
- Lauren Davis vs. Katarina Zavatska
- Yue Yuan vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu
- Su Jeong Jang beat Irina Khromacheva: 6-0, 6-1
- Panna Udvardy (5) beat Caijsa Hennemann (WC): 6-4, 6-2
