Rouen Open: Bucsa makes quarter-finals
Cristina Bucsa edged out Harriet Dart 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3) on Wednesday evening and will play the winner of the match between French qualifier Jessika Ponchet and Swiss Viktorija Golubic, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Spaniard Cristina Bucsa edged out No 9 seed Harriet Dart 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3) to advance to the quarter-finals of the Rouen Open at Kindarena on Wednesday evening.
Bucsa, ranked No 110, will face the winner of the match between French qualifier Jessika Ponchet and Swiss Viktorija Golubic, the No 5 seed, next.
In the previous round, the Spaniard won against Russian Vitalia Diatchenko (6-4, 6-2). Dart, ranked No 86, beat Ukrainian Daria Snigur (7-5, 6-2) in the first round.
Rouen WTA 125, other second-round results (Kindarena, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Catherine McNally (Q) beat Misaki Doi: 7-5, 7-5
- Varvara Gracheva beat Tamara Korpatsch: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Ana Konjuh
- Kristina Mladenovic vs. Leolia Jeanjean
- Maryna Zanevska vs. Elsa Jacquemot
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Chloe Paquet
- Jessika Ponchet vs. Viktorija Golubic
More tennis news
September 5, 1996: The day Pete Sampras was sick on court but still beat Alex Corretja at US Open
“Nowhere near my best” – Shelton serves for the second set twice, loses it, and finishes at 2:15am
Two top-10 seeds go out of the bottom half, and the Wimbledon finalists take opposite paths
From 1am and five sets to under two hours: Tiafoe reaches the second week again
“They’re starting to embrace me” – Tsitsipas reaches a first US Open fourth round
