Berlin Open: Sakkari thrashes Sasnovich to movie into quarter-finals

Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 6 seed, won against Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Thursday evening.

Sakkari, ranked No 8, will play Czech wildcard Marketa Vondrousova next.

The Greek defeated Frenchwoman Alize Cornet (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Berlin tournament.

In the previous round of the Berlin tournament, Sasnovich, ranked No 70, won against Victoria Azarenka (6-4, 6-4).

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

• Veronika Kudermetova (WC) beat Aryna Sabalenka (1): 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Jule Niemeier (Q): 6-3, 6-5 ret.
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Coco Gauff (5): 6-4, 6-0
• Petra Kvitova (7) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-1, 6-1
• 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 (3) beat Jaimee Fourlis (Q): 6-3, 6-2