Guangzhou Open: Top seed Siniakova beats Parks to reach last eight

Top seed Katerina Siniakova defeated American lucky loser Alycia Parks 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Guangzhou Open at the Nansha International Tennis Center on Thursday.

Siniakova, ranked No 48, will play the winner of the match between American Bernarda Pera and Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang next.

The Czech won against Croat qualifier Petra Martic (6-2, 6-1) in the previous round of the tournament.

Earlier in the week, Parks, ranked No 115, beat Hungarian Anna Bondar (6-3, 6-3).

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

• 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
• Bernarda Pera vs. Shuai Zhang
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Marie Bouzkova

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