Nottingham Open: Frech beats Zhu to move into last eight
Magdalena Frech won against Lin Zhu 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday. She’ll play the winner of the match between Pole Magda Linette, the No 3 seed, and Jodie Burrage in the next round
Pole Magdalena Frech advanced to the last 8 of the Nottingham Open by beating Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 8 seed, 6-2, 6-4 at Nottingham Tennis Centre on Wednesday.
Frech, ranked No 77, will face the winner of the match between Pole Magda Linette, the No 3 seed, and Jodie Burrage next.
Ahead of her victory, the Pole won against Sonay Kartal (6-3, 5-7, 6-2).
Zhu, ranked No 39, won against American Alycia Parks (7-6 (5), 6-2) in the previous round of the Nottingham tournament.
Nottingham WTA 250, other last 16 results (Nottingham Tennis Centre, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Katie Boulter vs. Daria Snigur
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Harriet Dart
- Magda Linette vs. Jodie Burrage
- Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Camila Giorgi
- Maria Sakkari vs. Alize Cornet
- Tatjana Maria vs. Heather Watson
- Viktorija Golubic beat Donna Vekic (4): 6-4, 6-1