Berlin Open: Lucky loser Avanesyan advances to quarter-finals
Avanesyan beat Anna Blinkova 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday
Elina Avanesyan at the 2022 Guadalajara Open in Mexico
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Lucky loser Elina Avanesyan won against Anna Blinkova 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 to move into the last eight of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Wednesday.
Avanesyan, ranked No 81, will next meet Croat Donna Vekic, who beat Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the second seed.
Elina Avanesyan edged out No 8 seed Daria Kasatkina (6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7)) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Berlin tournament, Blinkova, ranked No 44, edged out German qualifier Laura Siegemund (6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5).
Berlin WTA 500, other round of 16 results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 678,814)
- Caroline Garcia (3) beat Jaimee Fourlis (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Jule Niemeier
- Maria Sakkari vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Coco Gauff
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Petra Kvitova
- Donna Vekic vs. Elena Rybakina
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