Brisbane Open: Kudermetova upsets third seed Kasatkina
The Russian will face American Ashlyn Krueger in the next round
Polina Kudermetova (Zuma/Panoramic)
Qualifier Polina Kudermetova edged out No 3 seed Daria Kasatkina 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 to move into the quarter-finals of the Brisbane Open at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Thursday.
Kudermetova, ranked No 107, fought back from 4-0 down and 5-2 down in the third set before coming back to win. She will play American Ashlyn Krueger next.
Ahead of her win today, the Russian defeated Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-1, 6-3) and No 13 seed Liudmila Samsonova (6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-2).
In the previous round of the tournament, Kasatkina, ranked No 9, edged out American Peyton Stearns (7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-5).
Brisbane WTA 500, other round of 16 results (Queensland Tennis Centre, hard, USD 1.520.600, most recent results first):
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Suzan Lamens: 7-5, 6-0
- Kimberly Birrell (WC) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Ons Jabeur
- Linda Noskova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Yue Yuan
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