Siegemund moves into last eight at Rabat WTA 250

German Laura Siegemund moved into the quarter-finals of the Rabat Open by defeating Colombian Camila Osorio Serrano 6-4, 6-4 at Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc on Wednesday afternoon.

Siegemund, ranked No 78, will play Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova next.

Ahead of her victory, the 36-year-old German beat No 2 seed Anna Blinkova of Russia (6-1, 7-6 (4)).

Osorio Serrano, ranked No 77, benefited from the abandonment of Russian Elina Avanesyan (3-6, 6-4, 4-0) in the previous round of the Rabat tournament.

Rabat WTA 250, other last 16 results:

• Camilla Rosatello vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Mayar Sherif vs. Maria Lourdes Carle: wednesday
• Peyton Stearns beat Xiyu Wang (6): 6-3, 6-1
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Yafan Wang: 7-6 (4), 6-0
• Lucia Bronzetti (4) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-3
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto (7) beat Zhuoxuan Bai: 6-4, 6-2
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (3) beat Nadia Podoroska: 7-5, 3-6, 6-3