Antalya Open: Hercog moves into quarter-finals
Polona Hercog defeated Timea Babos 6-1, 7-6 (5) on Thursday night. She’ll play the winner of the match between Croat Tara Wurth and Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Slovenian Polona Hercog beat Hungarian Timea Babos 6-1, 7-6 (5) to advance to the last 8 of the Antalya Open at the Megasaray Tennis Academy on Thursday night.
Hercog, ranked No 213, will play the winner of the match between Croat Tara Wurth and Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 4 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 33-year-old Slovenian won against No 6 seed Sara Bejlek (7-6 (5), 6-3).
Babos, ranked No 182, defeated wildcard Ipek Oz (6-3, 7-6 (3)) in the previous round of the Antalya tournament.
Antalya WTA 125K Series, other second-round results (Megasaray Tennis Academy, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Darja Semenistaja
- Tara Wurth vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Simona Waltert vs. Elsa Jacquemot: thursday
- Zeynep Sonmez vs. Ella Seidel: thursday
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (5) beat Leyre Romero Gormaz (Q): 6-1, 7-5
- Polina Kudermetova beat Noma Noha Akugue: 6-3, 3-0 ret.
- Katarzyna Kawa vs. Olga Danilovic: thursday
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