Upper Austria Ladies: Vekic thrashes Australian Open semi-finalist Yastremska to make last eight
Donna Vekic won against Dayana Yastremska 6-1, 6-1 on Thursday evening and will play Frenchwoman Clara Burel in the next round
Donna Vekic, 2022 | © Imago / Panoramic
Croat Donna Vekic, the No 3 seed, advanced to the last 8 of the Upper Austria Ladies by winning against Ukrainian wildcard Dayana Yastremska 6-1, 6-1 at the TipsArena in Linz.
Vekic, ranked No 34, will play Frenchwoman Clara Burel next.
Yastremska, ranked No 29, beat Russian qualifier Erika Andreeva (7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Linz tournament.
Linz WTA 500, other second-round results (TipsArena, hard, USD 802.237, most recent results first):
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Clara Tauson
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Clara Burel beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (4) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 6-3
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Katie Boulter: 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (2) beat Jule Niemeier (Q): 6-3, 6-0
- Jodie Burrage (Q) beat Jaqueline Cristian (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
