Former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki reaches first WTA quarter-final in four years
Sabine Lisicki beats Greet Minnen in three sets to reach her first quarter-final on home soil since 2013
Sabine Lisicki at the Bad Homburg Open
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Former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki defeated Belgian Greet Minnen 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the Bad Homburg Open on Wednesday.
Lisicki, who needed a wildcard to enter the tournament, is playing her first WTA main draw since 2019. The win moved her into her first WTA level quarter-final since February 2018 and her first quarter-final on home soil since 2013.
She will next meet Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, who defeated qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 6-4.
Bad Hombourg WTA 250, second-round matches (Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe, grass, EUR 203.024)
- Alize Cornet (9) beat Tatjana Maria (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Daria Kasatkina (1) beat Jule Niemeier (WC): 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
- Caroline Garcia beat Kamilla Rakhimova (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Simona Halep vs. Tamara Zidansek
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Angelique Kerber
- Katie Swan vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Ann Li vs. Amanda Anisimova
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