Prague Open: Wang moves into last 8
Qiang Wang beat Dalila Jakupovic 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday and will play Pole Magda Linette in the next round
Chinese qualifier Qiang Wang advanced to the last 8 of the Prague Open by winning against Slovenian qualifier Dalila Jakupovic 6-3, 6-1 at TK Sparta Praha on Wednesday.
Wang, ranked No 141, will play Pole Magda Linette next.
The Chinese edged out Swede Rebecca Peterson (1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round, Jakupovic, ranked No 259, benefited from the abandonment of Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck, the No 6 seed (5-2).
Prague WTA 250, other second-round results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Nao Hibino vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Alize Cornet vs. Linda Noskova
- Lin Zhu vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Lucie Havlickova
- Chloe Paquet vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Dominika Salkova
- Magda Linette beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-3
