Porsche Grand Prix: Fourth seed Garcia makes quarter-finals
Caroline Garcia won against Tatjana Maria 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Thursday and will face Russian Anastasia Potapova in the next round
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Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last 8 of the Porsche Grand Prix by defeating German wildcard Tatjana Maria 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart on Thursday.
Garcia, ranked No 5, will face Russian Anastasia Potapova next.
Maria, ranked No 71, edged out Swiss qualifier Ylena In-Albon (6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Stuttgart Open.
Stuttgart WTA 500, other last 16 results (Porsche-Arena, EUR 780.637, most recent results first):
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Elena Rybakina
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Qinwen Zheng: 6-1, 6-4
- Paula Badosa (WC) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova beat Coco Gauff (5): 6-2, 6-3
- Karolina Pliskova beat Donna Vekic: 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Ons Jabeur (3) beat Jelena Ostapenko: 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-2, 6-3
