Poland Open: Siegemund upsets fourth seed Lin to reach last eight
Laura Siegemund beat Lin Zhu 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday afternoon. She’ll face Italian Lucrezia Stefanini in the next round
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German Laura Siegemund advanced to the quarter-finals of the Poland Open by winning against Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 4 seed, 6-4, 6-4 at the Legia Tennis Centre in Warsaw on Thursday.
Siegemund, ranked No 153, will face Italian Lucrezia Stefanini next.
The 35-year-old German beat Pole wildcard Maja Chwalinska (6-4, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Warsaw tournament, Zhu, ranked No 38, defeated Xiyu Wang (6-4, 6-2).
Warsaw WTA 250, other last 16 results (Legia Tennis Centre, clay, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
- Rebecca Sramkova vs. Karolina Muchova: thursday
- Linda Noskova (8) beat Viktoria Hruncakova: 6-3, 6-3
- 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
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