Dutch Open: Samsonova reaches last eight

Second seed Liudmila Samsonova reached the quarter-finals of the Dutch Open by winning against Polina Kudermetova 6-4, 6-1 at the Autotron Rosmalen in’s-Hertogenbosch on Wednesday evening.

Samsonova, ranked No 15, will play Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the No 7 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, Liudmila Samsonova edged out German qualifier Lena Papadakis (7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3)).

Kudermetova, ranked No 141, beat Chinese Yue Yuan (6-4, 6-3) 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
• Sachia Vickery vs. Emina Bektas
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich 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