Tampico Open: Kalinskaya races into quarter-finals

Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 4 seed, beat American Varvara Lepchenko 6-1, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the Tampico Open at the Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico on Thursday evening.

Kalinskaya, ranked No 115, will face the winner of the match between No 7 seed Katie Volynets and Hailey Baptiste next.

The Russian won against American qualifier Jessie Aney (6-1, 6-1) ahead of her victory, while in the previous round of the Tampico tournament, Lepchenko, ranked No 341, won against Belarusian Jana Kolodynska (6-4, 7-6).

Tampico WTA 125, other second-round results (Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Katie Volynets vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Katarina Kozarov vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Anastasia Tikhonova vs. Panna Udvardy
• Ann Li vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
• Emiliana Arango vs. Fernanda Contreras Gomez
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Emina Bektas: thursday
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Victoria Rodriguez: thursday