Antalya Open: Uchijima moves into quarter-finals

Japanese Moyuka Uchijima beat Latvian Darja Semenistaja, the second seed, 7-6 (8), 6-0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Antalya Open at the Megasaray Tennis Academy on Thursday.

Uchijima, ranked No 151, will play Zeynep Sonmez next.

Ahead of her victory, the 22-year-old Japanese won against Slovak qualifier Veronika Erjavec (7-5, 4-6, 6-1).

Semenistaja, ranked No 109, defeated French lucky loser Carole Monnet (6-0, 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):

• Tara Wurth vs. Irina-Camelia Begu: thursday
• Simona Waltert beat Elsa Jacquemot: 6-2, 6-4
• Zeynep Sonmez beat Ella Seidel: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Polona Hercog beat Timea Babos: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (5) beat Leyre Romero Gormaz (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Polina Kudermetova beat Noma Noha Akugue: 6-3, 3-0 ret.
• Olga Danilovic (7) beat Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-4