Hungarian Grand Prix: Cocciaretto moves into last eight, defeating Siniakova

Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto reached the last 8 of the Hungarian Grand Prix by edging out Czech Katerina Siniakova 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Thursday evening.

Cocciaretto, ranked No 118, will face American qualifier Bernarda Pera next.

The 21-year-old Italian won against Hungarian wildcard Reka-Luca Jani (7-6 (7), 6-2) in the previous round of the Hungarian Open.

In the previous round of the Hungarian Open, Siniakova, ranked No 93, benefited from the abandonment of Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 4 seed (6-3).

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

• Yulia Putintseva (3) beat Laura Pigossi (LL): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Xiyu Wang beat Ana Bogdan: 7-6 (2), 7-6 (10)
• Aleksandra Krunic beat Shuai Zhang (6): 6-1, 6-0
• Anna Bondar (9) beat Despina Papamichail (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Bernarda Pera beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (5): 7-5, 6-2
• Martina Trevisan (2) beat Kateryna Baindl (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5