Lausanne Open: Bencic advances to last 8
Belinda Bencic beat Susan Bandecchi 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday evening and will play Croat Petra Martic in the next round
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in action during the quarter-final of the 2022 bett1Open WTA 500 tennis tournament against Veronika Kudermetova of Russia (Zuma/Panoramic)
Second seed Belinda Bencic reached the quarter-finals of the Lausanne Open by winning against wildcard Susan Bandecchi 6-3, 6-4 at Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne on Thursday evening.
Bencic, ranked No 13, will play Croat Petra Martic next.
In the previous round of the Lausanne, Belinda Bencic beat Frenchwoman Diane Parry (3-6, 6-3, 6-1). Bandecchi, ranked No 229, won against Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin (6-2, 6-1).
Lausanne WTA 250, other second-round results (Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne, clay, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Caroline Garcia (6) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Jule Niemeier beat Eva Lys (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Clara Burel: 6-4, 6-2
- Petra Martic beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Simona Waltert (WC) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
- Anastasia Potapova beat Irina-Camelia Begu (3): 6-4, 6-2
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