Guangzhou Open: Bronzetti beats Cristian to reach quarter-finals

Italian Lucia Bronzetti defeated Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 7-6 (5), 6-4 to move into the last eight of the Guangzhou Open at the Nansha International Tennis Center on Wednesday.

Bronzetti, ranked No 84, will play the winner of the match between wildcard Sijia Wei and Xiyu Wang next.

Ahead of her win today, the Italian won against Armenian Elina Avanesyan, the No 4 seed (6-1, 6-4).

Cristian, ranked No 74, beat Swiss Viktorija Golubic (6-4, 2-6, 6-1) earlier in the week.

Guangzhou WTA 250, other second-round matches (Nansha International Tennis Center, hard, USD 267,082):

• Caroline Dolehide vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Yue Yuan vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Bernarda Pera vs. Shuai Zhang
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Alycia Parks
• Sijia Wei vs. Xiyu Wang
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Han Shi
• Olga Danilovic vs. Diane Parry

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