Prague Open: Noskova beats lucky loser Raina, through to quarter-finals

No 4 seed Linda Noskova advanced to the last eight of the Prague Open by winning against Indian lucky loser Ankita Raina 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 at TK Sparta Praha on Thursday evening.

Noskova, ranked No 71, will play Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova next.

Doing it the hard way 💪

No.4 seed Linda Noskova survives a challenge from lucky loser Raina to advance to the last eight in Prague again!#LPO2023 pic.twitter.com/CWzrVPdCF7

— wta (@WTA) August 3, 2023

Linda Noskova beat American qualifier Elvina Kalieva (6-1, 6-2) in the previous round of the Prague tournament.

In the previous round of the Prague tournament, Raina, ranked No 196, edged out Barbora Strycova (3-6, 6-3, 6-4).

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

• Tereza Martincova (WC) beat Yue Yuan: 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Nao Hibino (LL) beat Viktoria Hruncakova (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Xiyu Wang: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6)
• Alize Cornet (6) beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-6 (1), 5-7, 6-4
• Tamara Korpatsch (Q) 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