Eastbourne International: Ostapenko defeats Dart to move into quarter-finals
Jelena Ostapenko won against Harriet Dart 6-3, 6-4 and will face the winner of the match between Italian Camila Giorgi and Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Latvian Jelena Ostapenko won against wildcard Harriet Dart 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne International at Devonshire Park Lawn Club.
Ostapenko, ranked No 17, will face the winner of the match between Italian Camila Giorgi and Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 4 seed, next.
The Latvian beat Czech lucky loser Barbora Strycova (6-4, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament, Dart, ranked No 142, defeated Chinese Shuai Zhang (7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-1).
Eastbourne WTA 500, other last 16 results (Devonshire Park Lawn Club, grass, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Ana Bogdan vs. Caroline Garcia
- Camila Giorgi vs. Ons Jabeur
- Coco Gauff (5) beat Jodie Burrage (LL): 6-1, 6-1
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
- Madison Keys beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Daria Kasatkina beat Karolina Pliskova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Petra Martic (LL) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (8): 6-4, 3-2 ret.