Kalinskaya upsets Kasatkina to complete Guadalajara quarter-final line up

Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya advanced to the quarter-finals of the WTA Guadalajara Open with a three-set upset win over seventh seed Daria Kasatkina at the Centro Panamericano de Tenis on Thursday night.

Kalinskaya, ranked No 73 in the world, won 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 over her countrywoman in two hours and 14 minutes.

Despite the loss, Kasatkina has secured her spot in the season-ending WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas.

This was Kalinskaya’s third consecutive win over a higher-ranked player, having beaten Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 9 seed (6-3, 6-4) and edged out Belgian Elise Mertens, ranked No 34 in the world, (6-4, 0-6, 7-5) ahead of her victory.

She will face Czech Marie Bouzkova, who defeated another Russian Liudmila Samsonova, for a place in the semi-finals.

Guadalajara WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Centro Panamericano de Tenis, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):

• Maria Sakkari (4) beat Danielle Collins (14): 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
• Sloane Stephens beat Caroline Garcia (6): 7-6 (6), 7-5
• Victoria Azarenka (LL) beat Madison Keys (13): 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1
• Marie Bouzkova beat Liudmila Samsonova: 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-4, 6-4
• Veronika Kudermetova (8) beat Jelena Ostapenko (12): 6-4, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (5) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-0, 6-3

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