Zhengzhou Open: Kalinina beats former world No 2 Zvonareva to reach quarter-finals

Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina advanced to the last eight of the Zhengzhou Open by winning against Russian qualifier Vera Zvonareva 7-5, 6-1 at Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center on Wednesday night.

Kalinina, ranked No 28 in the world, will play China’s Qinwen Zheng or Greece’s Maria Sakkari, the No 3 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Zhengzhou tournament, the Ukrainian beat Australian qualifier Ellen Perez (6-1, 6-3).

Zvonareva, ranked No 369 but a former world No 2, defeated No 9 seed Veronika Kudermetova (6-2, 7-6 (5)) earlier in the week.

Zhengzhou WTA 500, other second-round matches (Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center, hard, USD 780,637)

• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Laura Siegemund
• Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Ons Jabeur vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Petra Martic
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Donna Vekic
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Maria Sakkari
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Caroline Garcia

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