Hamburg Open: Pera advances to last four
Bernarda Pera defeated Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday afternoon and will face Belgian Maryna Zanevska, the No 7 seed, in the next round
American Bernarda Pera reached the last four of the Hamburg Open by beating Czech Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 6-1 at Am Rothenbaum in Hambourg on Thursday afternoon.
Pera, ranked No 81, will play Belgian Maryna Zanevska, the No 7 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the American won against Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse, the No 9 seed (6-0, 6-4) and Swiss qualifier Joanne Zuger (6-1, 6-1).
Siniakova, ranked No 96, edged out Russian Daria Kasatkina, the second seed (6-2, 2-6, 6-4) and won against Brazilian Laura Pigossi (6-1, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.
Hambourg WTA 250, other last 8 results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Maryna Zanevska beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (4): 6-4, 7-5
- Anett Kontaveit (1) beat Andrea Petkovic (8): 6-0, 2-0 ret.
- Anastasia Potapova beat Barbora Krejcikova (3): 6-1, 6-3
