Hong Kong Open: Pera makes quarter-finals
Bernarda Pera beat Shi Han on Wednesday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Leylah Fernandez and Kimberly Birrell next
American Bernarda Pera, the No 9 seed, moved into the last 8 of the Hong Kong Open by winning against Chinese qualifier Shi Han 6-0, 6-4 at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Wednesday.
Pera, ranked No 81, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 3 seed, and Australian Kimberly Birrell next.
In the previous round of the Hong Kong tournament, the American defeated Japanese Sara Saito (6-4, 6-4).
Shi, ranked No 245, won against Russian Margarita Gasparyan (6-4, 6-2) in the first round of the Hong Kong tournament.
Hong Kong WTA 250, other second-round results (Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Suzan Lamens vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Diana Shnaider vs. Priscilla Hon
- Xiyu Wang vs. Katie Boulter
- Yue Yuan vs. Nao Hibino