Bogota Open: Sorribes Tormo through to quarter-finals, meets Rakhimova next

Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, the No 7 seed, won against Colombian wildcard Emiliana Arango 6-4, 6-3 to reach the last 8 of the Bogota Open at the Country Club Bogota on Thursday.

Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 106, will face Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, the No 4 seed, next.

The Spaniard defeated Aliona Bolsova (6-0, 6-4) in the previous round of the Colombia Open while Arango, ranked No 242, benefited from the retirement of French qualifier Harmony Tan (7-5, 3-1).

Bogota WTA 250, other second-round matches (Country Club Bogota, clay, USD 259.303)

• Nuria Brancaccio (Q) beat Sinja Kraus (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Peyton Stearns beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-4, 6-1
• Laura Pigossi (6) beat Natalija Stevanovic (Q): 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Eugenie Bouchard (WC): 6-0, 6-7 (7), 6-4
• Francesca Jones beat Carol Zhao: 6-2, 6-1
• Tatjana Maria (2) beat Carolina M. Alves (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Mirjam Bjorklund vs. Tamara Zidansek