Porsche Grand Prix: Pliskova books spot in quarter-finals
Karolina Pliskova edged out Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5) on Thursday. She’ll play the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, and Chinese Qinwen Zheng in the next round
Czech Karolina Pliskova reached the quarter-finals of the Porsche Grand Prix by edging out Croat Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5) at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart on Thursday.
Pliskova, ranked No 17, will face the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, and Chinese Qinwen Zheng next.
The Czech defeated Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed (6-2, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Stuttgart Open, Vekic, ranked No 23, won against Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (7-6 (7), 7-6 (5)).
Stuttgart WTA 500, other last 16 results (Porsche-Arena, EUR 780.637, most recent results first):
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Elena Rybakina
- Tatjana Maria vs. Caroline Garcia
- Iga Swiatek vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Paula Badosa vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Coco Gauff vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Ons Jabeur (3) beat Jelena Ostapenko: 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-2, 6-3