Prague Open: Korpatsch advances to quarter-finals after Wickmayer retirement
Tamara Korpatsch benefited from the abandonment of Yanina Wickmayer (4-0) on Thursday and will face the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 6 seed, and Estonian Kaia Kanepi in the next round
German qualifier Tamara Korpatsch reached the last eight of the Prague Open when Belgian Yanina Wickmayer retired on Thursday at TK Sparta Praha.
Korpatsch, ranked No 99, led 4-0 when Wickmayer, ranked No 93, pulled out at TK Sparta Praha on Thursday.
The German will face the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 6 seed, and Estonian Kaia Kanepi next.
Tamara Korpatsch beat Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Prague tournament.
In the 32 of the Prague tournament, the 33-year-old Belgian won against Chinese Lin Zhu, the second seed (1-6, 6-4, 6-2).
Prague WTA 250, other last 16 results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Ankita Raina vs. Linda Noskova
- Xiyu Wang vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Yue Yuan vs. Tereza Martincova
- Nao Hibino vs. Viktoria Hruncakova
- Alize Cornet vs. Kaia Kanepi: thursday
- Kateryna Baindl (8) beat Jule Niemeier: 5-0 ret.
- Jaqueline Cristian beat Emiliana Arango (Q): 6-4, 6-3