Prague Open: Wild card Martincova advances to last eight
Tereza Martincova won against Yue Yuan 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday. She’ll face Japanese lucky loser Nao Hibino in the next round
Tereza Martincova (Zuma/Panoramic)
Livesport Prague Open •Round of 16 •
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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
