Antalya Open: Waltert into quarter-finals

Swiss Simona Waltert won against Frenchwoman Elsa Jacquemot 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the last 8 of the Antalya Open at the Megasaray Tennis Academy on Thursday.

Waltert, ranked No 181, will face Serb Olga Danilovic, the No 7 seed, next.

The Swiss beat Hungarian Dalma Galfi (6-4, 6-3) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Antalya tournament, Jacquemot, ranked No 157, defeated Chloe Paquet (1-6, 6-3, 6-1).

Antalya WTA 125K Series, other second-round results (Megasaray Tennis Academy, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Tara Wurth vs. Irina-Camelia Begu: thursday
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Darja Semenistaja: thursday
• Zeynep Sonmez beat Ella Seidel: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Polona Hercog beat Timea Babos: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (5) beat Leyre Romero Gormaz (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Polina Kudermetova beat Noma Noha Akugue: 6-3, 3-0 ret.
• Olga Danilovic beat Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-4