Dutch Open: Swiss wildcard Naef books spot in last eight
Celine Naef won against Catherine McNally 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday evening. She’ll face Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the top seed, in the next round
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Swiss wildcard Celine Naef followed up her win over Venus Williams by beating American Caty McNally, the No 8 seed, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the last eight of the Dutch Open at the Autotron Rosmalen in’s-Hertogenbosch on Thursday.
Naef, ranked No 202, will play Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the top seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 17-year-old Swiss won against American wildcard Venus Williams (3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2).
McNally, ranked No 62, defeated Katie Volynets (6-2, 6-1) in the previous round of the Rosmalen tournament.
‘s-Hertogenbosch WTA 250, other last 16 results (Autotron Rosmalen, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Viktoria Hruncakova beat Bianca Andreescu (6): 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (4) beat Kimberly Birrell: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Emina Bektas (Q) beat Sachia Vickery (LL): 6-4, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova (2) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-4, 6-1
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (7) beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Carol Zhao (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Victoria Azarenka (3): 6-3, 6-2
