Bad Homburg Open: Blinkova knocks out Fernandez to reach last eight
Anna Blinkova won against Leylah Fernandez 7-5, 6-2. She’ll play Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, in the next round
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Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 9 seed, defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez 7-5, 6-2 to reach the last eight of the Bad Homburg Open at Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe.
Blinkova, ranked No 39, will play Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next.
In the previous round of the Bad Hombourg tournament, the Russian edged out German wildcard Sabine Lisicki (3-6, 6-1, 7-5).
Fernandez, ranked No 96, won against German lucky loser Lena Papadakis (6-0, 6-1) in the previous round of the Bad Hombourg tournament.
Bad Homburg WTA 250, other last 16 results (Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek beat Jil Teichmann (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Mayar Sherif (4): 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Katerina Siniakova beat Evgeniya Rodina: 6-2, 6-4
- Rebeka Masarova beat Bianca Andreescu (5): 6-3, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (2) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3
- Emma Navarro beat Alize Cornet: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
- Varvara Gracheva (8) beat Sara Errani: 6-2, 7-5
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