Berlin Open: Sakkari to meet Kasatkina in quarters

World No 6 Maria Sakkari is through to the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club after a straight sets win over Australian qualifier Daria Saville.

Maria Sakkari, the second seed from Greece, won 6-1, 7-5 in one hour and 31 minutes to advance to the last eight where she will meet sixth seed Daria Kasatkina.

Kasatkina, who reached the French Open semi-finals earlier this month, scored a 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 win over Ekaterina Alexandrova.

Berlin WTA 500, second-round results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 611.210)

• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Andrea Petkovic: 6-4, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
• Karolina Pliskova (4) beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7)
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Xinyu Wang vs. Coco Gauff
• Belinda Bencic vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Ons Jabeur vs. Alycia Parks

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