Bad Homburg Open: Samsonova advances to last eight
Liudmila Samsonova won against Linda Noskova 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between Czech Katerina Siniakova and Russian Evgeniya Rodina in the next round
Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the second seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Bad Homburg Open by defeating Czech Linda Noskova 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 at Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe on Tuesday afternoon.
Samsonova, ranked No 15, will face the winner of the match between Czech Katerina Siniakova and Russian Evgeniya Rodina next.
The Russian won against Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-1, 6-4) in the previous round of the Bad Hombourg tournament.
In the previous round of the Bad Hombourg tournament, Noskova, ranked No 45, beat Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Baindl (6-2, 7-5).
Bad Homburg WTA 250, other last 16 results (Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Anna Blinkova
- Iga Swiatek vs. Jil Teichmann
- Mayar Sherif vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Evgeniya Rodina
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Emma Navarro beat Alize Cornet: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
- Varvara Gracheva (8) beat Sara Errani: 6-2, 7-5