Nordea Open: Bolsova advances to last eight, meets Putintseva next

Spaniard Aliona Bolsova won against Slovenian Polona Hercog 6-3, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of the Nordea Open at Båstad Tennisstadion in Bastad on Wednesday evening.

Bolsova, ranked No 118, will face Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the second seed, next.

The Spaniard edged out Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl, the No 6 seed (3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Swedish Open.

During the 32 of the Swedish Open, Polona Hercog defeated Swede wildcard Bella Bergkvist Larsson (6-2, 6-2).

Bastad WTA 125K Series, other last 16 results (Båstad Tennisstadion, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Rebecca Peterson vs. Louisa Chirico: wednesday
• Chloe Paquet vs. Viktoriya Tomova: wednesday
• Olga Danilovic (8) beat Nellie Taraba Wallberg (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Tamara Zidansek beat Panna Udvardy (5): 6-2, 6-1
• Claire Liu (7) beat Irina Khromacheva: 6-2, 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Katie Volynets: 6-0, 1-0 ret.
• Emma Navarro (1) beat Mirjam Bjorklund: 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-1