Budapest Open: Bondar books spot in quarter-finals
Anna Bondar edged out Simona Waltert 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday and will play Slovenian Tamara Zidansek in the next round
Hungarian Anna Bondar, the second seed, edged out Swiss Simona Waltert 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 to move into the quarter-finals of the Budapest Open at Római Tennis Academy on Wednesday.
Bondar, ranked No 52, will play Slovenian Tamara Zidansek next.
The Hungarian beat Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (6-2, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round, Waltert, ranked No 119, benefited from the abandonment of Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (4-0).
Budapest WTA 125, other second-round results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Natalia Szabanin vs. Arantxa Rus
- Erika Andreeva vs. Oceane Dodin: wednesday
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Julia Grabher: wednesday
- Tamara Zidansek beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 7-6 (11)
- Tamara Korpatsch (Q) beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-2
- Lauren Davis beat Emma Navarro (Q): 7-5, 6-4
