Poland Open: Noskova into the quarter-finals

No 8 seed Linda Noskova defeated Slovak Viktoria Hruncakova in straight sets (6-3, 6-3) on Thursday to move into the last eight of the Poland Open at the Legia Tennis Centre in Warsaw.

The 18-year-old Czech, ranked No 59, will now face the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, and American Claire Liu.

Linda Noskova defeated Croat qualifier Jana Fett (4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3) in the previous round of the Warsaw tournament.

In the previous round of the Warsaw tournament, Hruncakova, ranked No 122, won against Kristina Kucova (7-5, 6-3).

Warsaw WTA 250, other last 16 results (Legia Tennis Centre, clay, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
• Laura Siegemund vs. Lin Zhu
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Karolina Muchova: thursday
• Lucrezia Stefanini beat Jodie Burrage: 6-4, 6-1
• Heather Watson beat Yuliya Hatouka (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
• Tatjana Maria beat Clara Tauson: 6-4, 6-0
• Yanina Wickmayer beat Tereza Martincova: 6-2, 6-2