Bektas ends run of lucky loser Vickery to reach last eight in Netherlands
Emina Bektas defeated Sachia Vickery 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday and will play the winner of the match between Australian Kimberly Birrell and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Emina Bektas (Imago / Panoramic)
Qualifier Emina Bektas won against lucky loser Sachia Vickery 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the last eight of the Dutch Open at the Autotron Rosmalen in’s-Hertogenbosch on Thursday.
Bektas, ranked No 186, will play the winner of the match between Australian Kimberly Birrell and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 4 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, Emina Bektas defeated Hungarian Dalma Galfi (7-5, 7-6 (1)).
Vickery, ranked No 179, beat Australian lucky loser Priscilla Hon (6-3, 6-0) in the previous round of the Rosmalen tournament.
‘s-Hertogenbosch WTA 250, other last 16 results (Autotron Rosmalen, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Celine Naef vs. Catherine McNally
- Viktoria Hruncakova vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Liudmila Samsonova (2) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-4, 6-1
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (7) beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
- Veronika Kudermetova (1) beat Carol Zhao (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Victoria Azarenka (3): 6-3, 6-2
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