San Diego Open: Kostyuk advances to quarter-finals
Marta Kostyuk defeated Taylah Preston 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday night and will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 4 seed, and Chinese Xinyu Wang in the next round
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Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 6 seed, beat Australian wildcard Taylah Preston 6-4, 6-3 to move into the last eight of the San Diego Open at the Barnes Tennis Center on Wednesday night.
Kostyuk, ranked No 34, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 4 seed, and Chinese Xinyu Wang next.
The 21-year-old Ukrainian won against American qualifier Ann Li (6-4, 4-6, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the San Diego tournament, Preston, ranked No 153, defeated Pole Magdalena Frech (6-4, 4-6, 6-1).
San Diego WTA 500, other second-round results (Barnes Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Jessica Pegula vs. Jule Niemeier
- Katie Boulter vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Donna Vekic vs. Marina Stakusic
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Emma Navarro
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Xinyu Wang
- Anna Blinkova vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Tatjana Maria vs. Daria Saville
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