Pavlyuchenkova continues her run in Adelaide, makes quarters

Russian qualifier Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova moved into the quarter-finals of the Adelaide Open by defeating qualifier Katerina Siniakova 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Wednesday night.

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 59, will face second seed Jessica Pegula next.

The Russian won against Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 5 seed (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Adelaide tournament.

During the first round of the Adelaide tournament, Siniakova, ranked No 49, won against wildcard Karolina Pliskova (6-2, 6-1).

Adelaide WTA 500, other second-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Elena Rybakina vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Caroline Garcia vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Taylor Townsend vs. Marta Kostyuk: wednesday
• Laura Siegemund beat Ana Bogdan (LL): 6-4, 7-5
• Jessica Pegula beat Bernarda Pera (LL): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3