Hungarian Open: Lys reaches quarter-finals as Pera retires

German Eva Lys advanced to the quarter-finals of the Hungarian Open when American Bernarda Pera retired on Thursday night at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest.

Lys, ranked No 129, led 7-6 (6), 4-1 when Pera, ranked No 82, pulled out at the Római Tennis Academy.

The 22-year-old German will face the winner of the match between Chinese Xiyu Wang, the No 3 seed, and Slovak Rebecca Sramkova next.

In the previous round of the Budapest tournament, Eva Lys won against Argentinian Nadia Podoroska, the No 6 seed (6-3, 6-0).

The American beat German Tamara Korpatsch (7-5, 2-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Budapest tournament.

Budapest WTA 250, other second-round results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Anna Bondar vs. Ella Seidel
• Diana Shnaider vs. Ekaterina Makarova
• Xiyu Wang vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Sara Sorribes Tormo (4): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Rebeka Masarova: 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
• Suzan Lamens beat Carole Monnet (Q): 6-4, 6-0
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Maria Timofeeva: 6-3, 6-4