Hungarian Open: Lys reaches quarter-finals as Pera retires
Eva Lys benefited from the retirement of Bernarda Pera (7-6 (6), 4-1). She’ll play the winner of the match between Xiyu Wang and Rebecca Sramkova next
Eva Lys – Zuma / Panoramic
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
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