Adelaide International 2: Kasatkina reaches quarter-finals, defeating Krejcikova

Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 5 seed, won against Czech Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Adelaide International 2 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Wednesday.

Kasatkina, ranked No 8, will play Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 12 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Adelaide 2 tournament, Krejcikova, ranked No 21, beat American lucky loser Alison Riske-Amritraj (6-2, 7-6 (3)).

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

• Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Amanda Anisimova (LL): 6-4, 7-5
• Belinda Bencic (8) beat Anna Kalinskaya (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Petra Kvitova beat Qinwen Zheng (Q): 7-6 (6) ret.
• Danielle Collins (10) beat Jil Teichmann (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Caroline Garcia vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Kaia Kanepi vs. Paula Badosa