Bad Homburg Open: Anisimova through to last eight

Sixth seed Amanda Anisimova moved into the quarter-finals of the Bad Homburg Open by defeating Ann Li 6-0, 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon.

Anisimova, ranked No 25, next faces the winner of the match between Romanian Simona Halep, the No 4 seed, and Slovenian Tamara Zidansek.

In the previous round, Anisimova edged out Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)).

Li, ranked No 67, won against Hungarian Anna Bondar (7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-1) in the previous round.

Bad Homburg WTA 250, other second-round results (Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe, grass, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):

• Simona Halep vs. Tamara Zidansek
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Angelique Kerber
• Katie Swan vs. Bianca Andreescu: wednesday
• Sabine Lisicki (WC) beat Greet Minnen: 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
• Alize Cornet (9) beat Tatjana Maria (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (1) beat Jule Niemeier (WC): 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
• Caroline Garcia beat Kamilla Rakhimova (Q): 6-3, 6-4