Bad Homburg Open: Badosa battles into last eight
Paula Badosa beat Jule Niemeier 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 on Tuesday evening. She’ll face the winner of the match between Russian Diana Shnaider and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska in the next round
Spanish wildcard Paula Badosa defeated German lucky loser Jule Niemeier 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Bad Homburg Open on Tuesday evening.
Badosa, ranked No 113, will face the winner of the match between Russian Diana Shnaider and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska next.
In the previous round of the Bad Homburg tournament, the Spaniard won against Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus (6-4, 6-1).
Niemeier, ranked No 96, edged out Greek Maria Sakkari, the top seed (2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4)) in the 32 of the Bad Hombourg tournament.
Bad Homburg WTA 500, other last 16 results (grass, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Anna Blinkova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Emma Navarro vs. Peyton Stearns
- Diana Shnaider vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Donna Vekic beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (6): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Viktoriya Tomova (Q) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 6-2