Dutch Open: Swiss wildcard Naef books spot in last eight
Celine Naef won against Catherine McNally 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday evening. She’ll face Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the top seed, in the next round
Swiss wildcard Celine Naef followed up her win over Venus Williams by beating American Caty McNally, the No 8 seed, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the last eight of the Dutch Open at the Autotron Rosmalen in’s-Hertogenbosch on Thursday.
Naef, ranked No 202, will play Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the top seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 17-year-old Swiss won against American wildcard Venus Williams (3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2).
McNally, ranked No 62, defeated Katie Volynets (6-2, 6-1) 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):
- Viktoria Hruncakova beat Bianca Andreescu (6): 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (4) beat Kimberly Birrell: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Emina Bektas (Q) beat Sachia Vickery (LL): 6-4, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova (2) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-4, 6-1
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (7) beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Carol Zhao (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Victoria Azarenka (3): 6-3, 6-2