Adelaide International 2: Badosa advances to quarter-finals

Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 9 seed, reached the last eight of the Adelaide International 2 by beating Estonian lucky loser Kaia Kanepi 6-1, 7-5 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Wednesday.

Badosa, ranked No 11, will face Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 11 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Spaniard won against Estonian Anett Kontaveit (6-4, 6-3).

Kanepi, ranked No 32, won against Australian wildcard Storm Hunter (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Adelaide 2 tournament.

Adelaide WTA 500, other last 16 results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Caroline Garcia vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Daria Kasatkina (5) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-2, 7-5
• Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Amanda Anisimova (LL): 6-4, 7-5
• Belinda Bencic (8) beat Anna Kalinskaya (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Petra Kvitova (12) beat Qinwen Zheng (Q): 7-6 (6) ret.
• Danielle Collins (10) beat Jil Teichmann (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (2)