WTA Hobart: Local wildcard Saville knocks out Kenin
Daria Saville beat Sofia Kenin 7-6 (3), 6-1 on Wednesday night and will face Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 3 seed, in the next round
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Australian wildcard Daria Saville moved into the last eight of the Hobart International by beating American Sofia Kenin, the No 6 seed, 7-6 (3), 6-1 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Wednesday night.
Saville, ranked No 195, will face Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 3 seed, next.
The Australian edged out Russian Anna Blinkova (3-6, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Hobart tournament.
During the first round of the Hobart tournament, Kenin, ranked No 38, won against Belgian Greet Minnen (6-3, 6-3).
Hobart WTA 250, other second-round results (Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Emma Navarro (2) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Yue Yuan (Q) beat Xinyu Wang (4): 7-5, 6-3
- Lin Zhu beat Caroline Dolehide: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (1) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Viktoriya Tomova (LL) beat Tatjana Maria (9): 6-0, 6-1
- Arantxa Rus beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-2, 6-3
