Berlin Open: Siniakova advances to last eight
Katerina Siniakova beat Qinwen Zheng 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday afternoon. She’ll face the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, and Croat wildcard Donna Vekic in the next round
Qualifier Katerina Siniakova reached the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open by winning against Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 6 seed, 6-4, 6-4 at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Thursday afternoon.
Siniakova, ranked No 30, will play the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, and Croat wildcard Donna Vekic next.
Katerina Siniakova defeated American Emma Navarro (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Berlin tournament.
In the previous round of the Berlin tournament, Zheng, ranked No 8, won against Japanese wildcard Naomi Osaka (6-4, 3-6, 6-3).
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
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Marketa Vondrousova (5): 5-5 ret.
- Elena Rybakina (3) beat Veronika Kudermetova (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Victoria Azarenka beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 6-3, 6-3