Prague Open: Cornet makes quarter-finals, beats Kanepi in three

Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 6 seed, edged out Estonian Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (1), 5-7, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Prague Open at TK Sparta Praha on Thursday.

Cornet, ranked No 65, will face German qualifier Tamara Korpatsch next.

The 33-year-old Frenchwoman won against wildcard Lucie Havlickova (6-2, 4-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Prague tournament.

That fighting SPIRIT 🙌

After 3h17m, @alizecornet edges out Kanepi in Prague to reach her third quarterfinal of the season!#LPO2023 pic.twitter.com/OQE9WSpdZ6

— wta (@WTA) August 3, 2023

In the previous round of the Prague tournament, Kanepi, ranked No 92, defeated Italian Lucrezia Stefanini (6-2, 6-3).

Prague WTA 250, other last 16 results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Ankita Raina vs. Linda Noskova
• Nao Hibino vs. Viktoria Hruncakova
• Yue Yuan vs. Tereza Martincova
• Xiyu Wang vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: thursday
• Tamara Korpatsch beat Yanina Wickmayer: 4-0 ret.
• Kateryna Baindl (8) beat Jule Niemeier: 5-0 ret.
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Emiliana Arango (Q): 6-4, 6-3