Guangzhou Open: Pera books spot in quarter-finals against Siniakova

American Bernarda Pera reached the last eight of the Guangzhou Open by beating Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang 6-2, 6-2 at the Nansha International Tennis Center on Thursday.

Pera, ranked No 79, will play top seed Katerina Siniakova next.

The American won against Filipino qualifier Alexandra Eala (6-0, 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.

Earlier in the week, Zhang, a two-time champion here and now ranked No 237, defeated Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, the No 8 seed (6-2, 6-1).

Guangzhou WTA 250, other second-round matches (Nansha International Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Katerina Siniakova beat Alycia Parks (LL): 6-1, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Sijia Wei (WC): 3-6, 6-0, 7-5
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (7) beat Han Shi (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Olga Danilovic beat Diane Parry (5): 6-1, 6-0
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Jaqueline Cristian: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Yue Yuan vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Marie Bouzkova

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