Ningbo Open: Putintseva beats Seidel to reach quarter-finals

Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva moved into the quarter-finals of the Ningbo Open by defeating German lucky loser Ella Seidel 6-4, 6-4 at the Yinzhou Tennis Center on Wednesday.

Putintseva, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 5 seed, and Katerina Siniakova next.

The Kazakh won against American Caroline Dolehide (6-2, 6-0) ahead of her win today.

In the previous round of the tournament, Seidel, ranked No 121, won against Liechtensteiner lucky loser Kathinka von Deichmann (6-3, 6-1).

Ningbo WTA 500, other second-round matches (Yinzhou Tennis Center, hard, USD 922,573):

• YeXin Ma vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Katie Boulter
• Xiyu Wang vs. Paula Badosa
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Katerina Siniakova

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