Thailand Open: Tsurenko advances to last eight
Lesia Tsurenko edged out Anna Kalinskaya 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska and German Tatjana Maria, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko moved into the last 8 of the Thailand Open by edging out Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 4 seed, 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4 at the True Arena Hua Hin on Wednesday afternoon.
Tsurenko, ranked No 136, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska and German Tatjana Maria, the No 6 seed, next.
The 33-year-old Ukrainian edged out Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure (6-3, 4-6, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Hua Hin tournament, Kalinskaya, ranked No 53, won against qualifier Ekaterina Makarova (6-1, 6-1).
Hua Hin WTA 250, other second-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Tatjana Maria
- Na-Lae Han vs. Heather Watson
- Nao Hibino vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Tamara Zidansek beat Linda Fruhvirtova (8): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Xinyu Wang (7) beat Mirjam Bjorklund: 6-3, 6-3
- Lin Zhu beat Su Jeong Jang: 6-4, 7-6 (6)
