Prague Open: Wild card Martincova advances to last eight

Wildcard Tereza Martincova reached the quarter-finals of the Prague Open by winning against Chinese Yue Yuan 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 at TK Sparta Praha on Thursday.

Martincova, ranked No 109, will play Japanese lucky loser Nao Hibino next.

Ahead of her victory, Tereza Martincova edged out qualifier Gabriela Knutson (2-6, 6-4, 6-4).

Yuan, ranked No 116, defeated No 3 seed Shuai Zhang (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Prague tournament.

Prague WTA 250, other last 16 results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Ankita Raina vs. Linda Noskova
• Nao Hibino beat Viktoria Hruncakova (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Xiyu Wang: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6)
• Alize Cornet (6) beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-6 (1), 5-7, 6-4
• Tamara Korpatsch (Q) beat Yanina Wickmayer: 4-0 ret.
• Kateryna Baindl (8) beat Jule Niemeier: 5-0 ret.
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Emiliana Arango (Q): 6-4, 6-3