Kontaveit reaches quarter-finals in Prague
Anett Kontaveit defeated Lucie Havlickova 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday afternoon and will face Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in action during the second round of the 2022 BNP Paribas Open WTA 1000 tennis tournament
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Estonian Anett Kontaveit, the top seed, moved into the last eight of the Prague Open by defeating Czech wildcard Lucie Havlickova 6-4, 6-3 at TK Sparta Praha on Thursday afternoon.
Kontaveit, ranked No 2, will face Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 7 seed, next.
In the previous round, the Estonian won against Georgian Ekaterine Gorgodze (6-0, 6-1).
Lucie Havlickova beat qualifier Barbora Palicova (6-2, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round.
Prague WTA 250, other second-round matches (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Alize Cornet vs. Linda Noskova
- Nao Hibino vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Anastasia Potapova beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 7-6 (8)
- Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q) beat Chloe Paquet: 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
- Marie Bouzkova (8) beat Dominika Salkova (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Qiang Wang (Q) beat Dalila Jakupovic (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Magda Linette beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-3
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