Berlin Open: Rybakina books spot in quarter-finals

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed, won against Russian qualifier Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Thursday.

Rybakina, ranked No 4, will play Belarusian Victoria Azarenka next.

In the previous round of the Berlin tournament, Kudermetova, ranked No 35, edged out Liudmila Samsonova (3-6, 6-4, 6-4).

Berlin WTA 500, other last 16 results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Daria Kasatkina vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Linda Noskova vs. Ons Jabeur
• Jessica Pegula vs. Donna Vekic
• Coco Gauff vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Marketa Vondrousova (5): 5-5 ret.
• Victoria Azarenka beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 6-3, 6-3