Bogota Open: Rakhimova moves into last 8
Kamilla Rakhimova edged out Eugenie Bouchard 6-0, 6-7 (7), 6-4 on Wednesday evening and will face the winner of the match between Colombian wildcard Emiliana Arango and Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, the No 7 seed, in the next round
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Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last eight of the Bogota Open by edging out Canadian wildcard Eugenie Bouchard 6-0, 6-7 (7), 6-4 at the Country Club Bogota on Wednesday evening.
Rakhimova, ranked No 90, will play the winner of the match between Colombian wildcard Emiliana Arango and Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, the No 7 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Colombia Open, the 21-year-old Russian won against Cypriot Raluka Serban (7-6 (3), 6-3).
Bouchard, ranked No 327, defeated Swiss Ylena In-Albon (6-3, 6-2) in the previous round of the Colombia Open.
Bogota WTA 250, other second-round results (Country Club Bogota, clay, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Sinja Kraus vs. Nuria Brancaccio
- Emiliana Arango vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Peyton Stearns vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Mirjam Bjorklund vs. Tamara Zidansek
- Laura Pigossi vs. Natalija Stevanovic
- Francesca Jones beat Carol Zhao: 6-2, 6-1
- Tatjana Maria (2) beat Carolina M. Alves (Q): 6-2, 6-4
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