Prague Open: Wildcard Samson stuns Siniakova to make quarter-finals

Local wildcard Laura Samson beat second seed Katerina Siniakova 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Prague Open at the Sparta Prague Tennis Club.

Laura Samson will play Russian qualifier Oksana Selekhmeteva next.

The Czech won against Croat qualifier Tara Wurth (6-0, 6-2) in the previous round of the Prague tournament.

“I’m extremely surprised,” Samson said during her on-court interview after the win. “I didn’t go into it as favorite. I’m so proud of myself and I hope I will continue to play like this. As I was going into the second set I thought, ‘I have nothing to lose, I didn’t play good in the first set.’ I’m not really sure when (I thought I could win), I just believed myself in the third set.”

During the first round of the Prague tournament, Siniakova, ranked No 38, won against American qualifier Louisa Chirico (7-5, 4-6, 6-3).

Prague WTA 250, other second-round results (Sparta Prague Tennis Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Linda Noskova vs. Eva Lys
• Ena Shibahara vs. Ella Seidel: tuesday
• Viktoriya Tomova (5) beat Jana Fett: 6-3, 6-4
• Magdalena Frech (6) beat Dominika Salkova: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 2-2 ret.
• Oksana Selekhmeteva beat Kathinka von Deichmann (LL): 6-1, 6-2
• Anhelina Kalinina (3) beat Elsa Jacquemot: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
• Magda Linette (4) beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-3, 6-4