Upper Austria Ladies: Yastremska races past qualifier Ruzic to reach last eight

Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 5 seed, beat Croat qualifier Antonia Ruzic 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Upper Austria Ladies at the TipsArena in Linz.

Yastremska, ranked No 72, will face Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Ukrainian won against Italian Lucia Bronzetti (7-6 (6), 7-5).

Ruzic, ranked No 168, defeated Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Linz tournament.

Linz WTA 500, other second-round results (TipsArena, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Karolina Muchova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Anna Blinkova vs. Elina Svitolina
• Petra Martic vs. Elina Avanesyan: thursday
• Anastasia Potapova (6) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Maria Sakkari beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Clara Tauson (8) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 6-4