Upper Austria Ladies: Third seed Sakkari rolls into last 8
Maria Sakkari won against Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday evening and will play the winner of the match between Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 5 seed, and Croat qualifier Antonia Ruzic in the next round
Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 3 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Upper Austria Ladies by defeating Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-2 at the TipsArena in Linz on Wednesday evening.
Sakkari, ranked No 31, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 5 seed, and Croat qualifier Antonia Ruzic next.
In the previous round of the Linz tournament, Tomova, ranked No 64, won against Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (7-6 (7), 6-4).
Linz WTA 500, other second-round results (TipsArena, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Karolina Muchova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Anna Blinkova vs. Elina Svitolina
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Antonia Ruzic
- Petra Martic vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Rebecca Sramkova vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Clara Tauson (8) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 6-4