Birmingham Open: Cocciaretto makes quarter-finals
Elisabetta Cocciaretto won against Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon. She’ll face the winner of the match between Russian Diana Shnaider and No 8 seed Marie Bouzkova in the next round
Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto defeated American wildcard Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Birmingham Open at Edgbaston Priory Club on Wednesday afternoon.
Cocciaretto, ranked No 44, will face the winner of the match between Russian Diana Shnaider and No 8 seed Marie Bouzkova next.
The Italian won against Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the top seed (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Birmingham tournament.
During the 32 of the Birmingham tournament, Stephens, ranked No 48, won against Chinese Yue Yuan (6-3, 6-3).
Birmingham WTA 250, other last 16 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Harriet Dart vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Elise Mertens
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Diana Shnaider vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Lin Zhu: 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-4
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