Monterrey Open: Fourth seed Mertens moves into quarter-finals
The Belgian will play the winner of the match between German Tatjana Maria and Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 4 seed, defeated Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Monterrey Open at the Estadio GNP Seguros on Thursday.
Mertens, ranked No 42, will play the winner of the match between German Tatjana Maria and Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 8 seed, next.
Ahead of her win today, the Belgian defeated Russian Diana Shnaider (6-0, 6-4). Ruse, ranked No 160, had beaten Italian Camila Giorgi (6-4, 7-5) in the previous round of the Monterrey tournament.
Monterrey WTA 250, other second-round matches (Estadio GNP Seguros, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Mayar Sherif (7) beat Xinyu Wang: 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Caroline Dolehide (Q) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-2, 6-4
- Donna Vekic (3) beat Emma Navarro (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- Ysaline Bonaventure beat Kamilla Rakhimova (Q): 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-3
- Lin Zhu (5) beat Rebecca Marino: 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3
- Tatjana Maria vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Caroline Garcia vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz