Bundapest : Bondar reaches last eight at home

Hungarian Anna Bondar, the No 9 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Hungarian Grand Prix by winning against Greek qualifier Despina Papamichail 6-2, 6-3 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Wednesday evening.

Bondar, ranked No 53, will face Italian Martina Trevisan, the second seed, next.

The Hungarian beat Czech qualifier Jesika Maleckova (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Hungarian Open. Papamichail, ranked No 195, defeated Hungarian Dalma Galfi (7-6 (4), 6-3).

Budapest WTA 250, other second-round results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Katerina Siniakova : to be played
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Laura Pigossi : to be played
• Xiyu Wang vs. Ana Bogdan : to be played
• Aleksandra Krunic vs. Shuai Zhang : to be played
• Bernarda Pera (Q) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (5): 7-5, 6-2
• Martina Trevisan beat Kateryna Baindl (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5