Mérida Open: Korneeva upsets Blinkova to reach last eight
The Russian upset fellow countrywoman Blinkova via a stunning performance
Alina Korneeva advanced to the last eight of the Mérida Open by beating No 5 seed Anna Blinkova 7-5, 6-2 at the Yucatan Country Club on Friday.
Korneeva, ranked No 254, will play Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo next.
Alina Korneeva won against American Alycia Parks (6-3, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Mérida tournament, Blinkova, ranked No 75, benefited from the abandonment of Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (2-6, 6-4, 4-0).
Mérida WTA 250, other second-round results (Yucatan Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Renata Zarazua (1) beat Maja Chwalinska (Q): 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Lucrezia Stefanini: 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
- Zeynep Sonmez beat Elsa Jacquemot: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Nina Stojanovic beat Marina Stakusic: 6-3, 6-3
- Polina Kudermetova beat Varvara Lepchenko: 6-3, 6-4
- Ann Li beat Antonia Ruzic: 6-2, 6-2
- Jil Teichmann vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
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