Tampico Open: Bektas beats Tomljanovic to reach last eight, plays Dolehide next
The American edged out Ajla Tomljanovic 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-5 in the second round on Thursday
Emina Bektas, San Jose 2021 (© Zuma / Panoramic)
American Emina Bektas, the No 6 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Tampico Open by edging out Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-5 at the Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico on Thursday.
Bektas, ranked No 104, will play fellow American Caroline Dolehide, the top seed, next.
Bektas won against Mexican Renata Zarazua (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Tampico tournament while Ajla Tomljanovic had defeated American Whitney Osuigwe (7-5, 6-2).
Tampico WTA 125, other second-round matches (Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico, USD 115,000):
- Anastasia Tikhonova beat Panna Udvardy: 6-3, 6-3
- Anna Kalinskaya (4) beat Varvara Lepchenko: 6-1, 6-2
- Caroline Dolehide beat Victoria Rodriguez (WC): 7-6 (6), 0-6, 6-2
- Emiliana Arango vs. Fernanda Contreras Gomez
- Katarina Kozarov vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Katie Volynets vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Ann Li vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
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