Porsche Grand Prix: Haddad Maia books spot in last eight
Beatriz Haddad Maia benefited from the abandonment of Elena Rybakina (6-1, 3-1) on Thursday evening and will face Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia moved into the last eight of the Porsche Grand Prix when Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 6 seed, retired at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart on Thursday evening.
Haddad Maia, ranked No 14, led 6-1, 3-1 when Rybakina, ranked No 7, pulled out at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart on Thursday evening.
The Brazilian will play Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 3 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, Beatriz Haddad Maia benefited from the abandonment of Italian Martina Trevisan (7-5, 1-1).
The Kazakh defeated German wildcard Jule Niemeier (7-5, 6-3) in the previous round of the Stuttgart Open.
Stuttgart WTA 500, other last 16 results (Porsche-Arena, EUR 780.637, most recent results first):
- Caroline Garcia (4) beat Tatjana Maria (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Qinwen Zheng: 6-1, 6-4
- Paula Badosa (WC) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova beat Coco Gauff (5): 6-2, 6-3
- Karolina Pliskova beat Donna Vekic: 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Ons Jabeur beat Jelena Ostapenko: 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-2, 6-3
