Bogota Open: Wimbledon semi-finalist Maria advances to last eight

German Tatjana Maria, the second seed and defending champion, reached the last eight of the Bogota Open by winning against Brazilian qualifier Carolina M. Alves 6-2, 6-4 at the Country Club Bogota on Wednesday.

Maria, ranked No 66 in the world and a semi-finalist at Wimbledon last year, will face the winner of the match between Austrian qualifier Sinja Kraus and Italian qualifier Nuria Brancaccio next.

In the previous round of the Colombia Open, the 35-year-old German beat American Katrina Scott (6-1, 6-4).

Alves, ranked No 239, defeated Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2)earlier in the week.

Bogota WTA 250, other second-round matches (Country Club Bogota, clay, USD 259,303)

• Sinja Kraus vs. Nuria Brancaccio
• Emiliana Arango vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Peyton Stearns vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Mirjam Bjorklund vs. Tamara Zidansek
• Laura Pigossi vs. Natalija Stevanovic
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Eugenie Bouchard
• Carol Zhao vs. Francesca Jones

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