Auckland Open: Parks reaches quarter-finals, meets Volynets next

American Alycia Parks moved into the last eight of the Auckland Open by beating Belgian Greet Minnen 7-5, 6-3 at the ASB Tennis Arena on Thursday.

Parks, ranked No 82, will face No 8 seed and fellow American Katie Volynets next. She has now won seven matches in a row on tour after claiming a WTA $125K title in France last month.

Parks won against No 3 seed Amanda Anisimova (2-6, 6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.

Earlier in the week, Minnen, ranked No 95, defeated German qualifier Anna-Lena Friedsam (6-4, 6-0).

Auckland WTA 250, other second-round matches (ASB Tennis Arena, hard, USD 275,094):

• Hailey Baptiste vs. Jodie Burrage
• Robin Montgomery beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Madison Keys (1) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-1, 6-2
• Katie Volynets beat Ann Li: 6-4, 6-3
• Clara Tauson (5) beat Sofia Kenin: 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)
• Naomi Osaka (7) beat Julia Grabher: 7-5, 6-3
• Bernarda Pera beat Rebecca Marino: 7-6 (2), 6-4

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