Jiangxi Open: Siegemund reaches last eight
Laura Siegemund beat Tamara Korpatsch on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Mananchaya Sawangkaew and Zheng Saisai next
German Laura Siegemund reached the quarter-finals of the Jiangxi Open by beating compatriot Tamara Korpatsch 6-4, 6-4 at the Nanchang International Tennis Center on Wednesday.
Siegemund, ranked No 101, will face the winner of the match between Thai qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew and Chinese wildcard Zheng Saisai next.
In the previous round of the Jiangxi tournament, Laura Siegemund won against Japanese Moyuka Uchijima, the No 3 seed (7-5, 6-3).
Korpatsch, ranked No 200, won against Indonesian qualifier Priska Nugroho (6-0, 6-1) in the previous round of the Jiangxi tournament.
Nanchang WTA 250, other second-round results (Nanchang International Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Sijia Wei vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Anna Bondar vs. Martina Trevisan
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Arantxa Rus
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew vs. Saisai Zheng
- Elena Pridankina vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Marie Bouzkova (1) beat Xinxin Yao (LL): 6-3, 6-3