Adelaide International 2: Garcia books spot in last eight

Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 4 seed, edged out Czech qualifier Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Adelaide International 2 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Wednesday.

Garcia, ranked No 4, will play Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 8 seed, next.

Siniakova, ranked No 48, benefited from the abandonment of Russian lucky loser Anastasia Potapova (6-1, 1-0) in the previous round of the Adelaide 2 tournament.

Adelaide WTA 500, other last 16 results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Paula Badosa (9) beat Kaia Kanepi (LL): 6-1, 7-5
• Daria Kasatkina (5) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-2, 7-5
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Amanda Anisimova (LL): 6-4, 7-5
• Belinda Bencic beat Anna Kalinskaya (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Petra Kvitova (12) beat Qinwen Zheng (Q): 7-6 (6) ret.
• Danielle Collins (10) beat Jil Teichmann (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (2)