Bogota Open: Errani outlasts Sorribes Tormo to make quarter-finals

Italian Sara Errani moved into the quarter-finals of the Bogota Open by edging out Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, the No 3 seed, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 at the Country Club Bogota on Wednesday evening.

Errani, ranked No 117, will face the winner of the match between Brazilian Laura Pigossi and Romanian Irina Bara next.

In the previous round of the Bogota tournament, the 36-year-old Italian defeated Ukrainian Yulia Starodubtseva (6-2, 7-6 (5)).

Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 50, won against Russian Maria Timofeeva (6-1, 6-3) in the previous round of the Bogota tournament.

Bogota WTA 250, other second-round results (Country Club Bogota, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Julia Riera vs. Tatjana Maria
• Camila Osorio vs. Anca Alexia Todoni
• Francesca Jones vs. Laura Siegemund
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Jule Niemeier
• Laura Pigossi vs. Irina Bara
• Renata Zarazua vs. Kamilla Rakhimova: wednesday