Upper Austria Ladies: Burel knocks out Siniakova to make last eight
Clara Burel edged out Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 and will face the winner of the match between Dayana Yastremska and Donna Vekic in the next round
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Frenchwoman Clara Burel reached the quarter-finals of the Upper Austria Ladies by edging out Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 at the TipsArena in Linz.
Burel, ranked No 52, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian wildcard Dayana Yastremska and Croat Donna Vekic, the No 3 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Linz tournament, the 22-year-old Frenchman defeated Austrian wildcard Sinja Kraus (6-1, 6-4).
Siniakova, ranked No 49, edged out Croat Petra Martic, the No 8 seed (4-6, 6-3, 7-5) during the first round of the Linz tournament.
Linz WTA 500, other second-round results (TipsArena, hard, USD 802.237, most recent results first):
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Clara Tauson
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Donna Vekic: thursday
- Elise Mertens (4) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 6-3
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Katie Boulter: 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (2) beat Jule Niemeier (Q): 6-3, 6-0
- Jodie Burrage (Q) beat Jaqueline Cristian (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
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