Hungarian Grand Prix: Tsurenko in the quarter finals
Lesia Tsurenko edged out Kamilla Rakhimova 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday afternoon. She’ll face the winner of the match between Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 3 seed, and Brazilian lucky loser Laura Pigossi in the next round
Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko reached the last eight of the Hungarian Grand Prix by edging out Russian Kamilla Rakhimova 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Wednesday.
Tsurenko, ranked No 97, will face the winner of the match between Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 3 seed, and Brazilian lucky loser Laura Pigossi next.
Ahead of her victory, the 33-year-old Ukrainian defeated Brazilian qualifier Carolina M. Alves (6-4, 6-1).
Rakhimova, ranked No 107, won against Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse, the No 7 seed (6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3) in the previous round of the Hungarian Open.
Budapest WTA 250, other second-round matches (Római Tennis Academy, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Laura Pigossi
- Aleksandra Krunic vs. Shuai Zhang
- Xiyu Wang vs. Ana Bogdan
- Anna Bondar vs. Despina Papamichail
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Bernarda Pera
- Kateryna Baindl vs. Martina Trevisan: wednesday
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