Hungarian Open: Sasnovich beats Timofeeva to make quarter-finals
Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Maria Timofeeva 6-3, 6-4. She’ll play the winner of the match between Suzan Lamens and Carole Monnet in the next round
Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Russian Maria Timofeeva 6-3, 6-4 to move into the last 8 of the Hungarian Open at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest.
Sasnovich, ranked No 134, will play the winner of the match between Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens and French qualifier Carole Monnet next.
The Belarusian edged out Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, the second seed (2-6, 6-2, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Budapest tournament, Timofeeva, ranked No 103, defeated Swiss qualifier Simona Waltert (7-5, 7-6 (3)).
Budapest WTA 250, other second-round results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Bernarda Pera vs. Eva Lys
- Xiyu Wang vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Anna Bondar vs. Ella Seidel
- Diana Shnaider vs. Ekaterina Makarova
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Suzan Lamens vs. Carole Monnet