Berlin Open: Kvitova races into last eight, plays Garcia next

Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 7 seed, crushed Argentinian Nadia Podoroska 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Wednesday evening.

Kvitova, ranked No 9, will play Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 3 seed, next.

The 33-year-old Czech won against Karolina Pliskova (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Berlin tournament.

During the 32 of the Berlin tournament, Podoroska, ranked No 86, beat Spaniard Rebeka Masarova (3-6, 6-3, 6-2).

Berlin WTA 500, other last 16 results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 678.814, most recent results first):

• Maria Sakkari vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Jule Niemeier
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Coco Gauff
• Donna Vekic beat Elena Rybakina (2): 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4
• Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Anna Blinkova: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Caroline Garcia beat Jaimee Fourlis (Q): 6-3, 6-2