Slovenia Open: Rybakina moves into last eight
Elena Rybakina won against Tereza Martincova 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday and will face Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko in the next round
Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed, reached the last eight of the Slovenia Open by defeating Czech Tereza Martincova 6-4, 6-1 at Tennis Arena Portoroz on Wednesday afternoon.
Rybakina, ranked No 25, will face Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko next.
Ahead of her victory, the Kazakh edged out German Laura Siegemund (6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (8)).
Martincova, ranked No 66, won against lucky loser Harriet Dart (0-6, 6-4, 6-1) in the previous round.
Portoroz WTA 125, other second-round results (Tennis Arena Portoroz, hard, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Kaja Juvan
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Jodie Burrage
- Diane Parry vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Emma Raducanu vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Ana Bogdan vs. Tamara Zidansek
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (5): 7-5, 7-6 (5)