WTA Hobart: Zhu comes back against Dolehide to clinch quarter-final spot

Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 3 seed, moved into the last 8 of the Hobart International by edging out American Caroline Dolehide 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Wednesday night.

Zhu, ranked No 33, will face the winner of the match between Australian wildcard Daria Saville and American Sofia Kenin, the No 6 seed, next.

The Chinese player beat Italian Lucia Bronzetti (7-5, 6-1) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Hobart tournament, Dolehide, ranked No 44, won against Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-1, 6-4).

Hobart WTA 250, other second-round results (Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Marie Bouzkova vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Daria Saville vs. Sofia Kenin
• Magdalena Frech vs. Emma Navarro
• Yue Yuan (Q) beat Xinyu Wang (4): 7-5, 6-3
• Elise Mertens (1) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova (LL) beat Tatjana Maria (9): 6-0, 6-1
• Arantxa Rus beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-2, 6-3