Prague Open: Baindl books spot in last eight after Niemeier retirement
Kateryna Baindl benefited from the abandonment of Jule Niemeier (5-0) on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Romanian Jaqueline Cristian and Colombian qualifier Emiliana Arango in the next round
Kateryna Baindl of Ukraine plays at Hamburg | Imago / Panoramic
Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl, the No 8 seed, moved into the last eight of the Prague Open when German Jule Niemeier retired on Wednesday at TK Sparta Praha.
Baindl, ranked No 98, led 5-0 when Niemeier, ranked No 101, pulled out on Wednesday at TK Sparta Praha.
The Ukrainian will play the winner of the match between Romanian Jaqueline Cristian and Colombian qualifier Emiliana Arango next.
Kateryna Baindl won against qualifier Dayana Yastremska (6-4, 2-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Prague tournament.
During the 32 of the Prague tournament, the German beat Heather Watson (6-2, 6-3).
Prague WTA 250, other last 16 results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Tamara Korpatsch vs. Yanina Wickmayer
- Alize Cornet vs. Kaia Kanepi
- Xiyu Wang vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Yue Yuan vs. Tereza Martincova
- Nao Hibino vs. Viktoria Hruncakova
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Emiliana Arango: wednesday
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