Bogota Open: Bara into quarter-finals

Romanian Irina Bara reached the last eight of the Bogota Open by edging out Brazilian Laura Pigossi 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 at the Country Club Bogota on Wednesday evening.

Bara, ranked No 178, will play Italian Sara Errani next.

The Romanian edged out Ukrainian qualifier Katarina Zavatska (2-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Bogota tournament.

During the first round of the Bogota tournament, Pigossi, ranked No 119, defeated Argentinian Nadia Podoroska, the No 5 seed (6-4, 6-1).

Bogota WTA 500, other second-round results (Country Club Bogota, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Francesca Jones vs. Laura Siegemund
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Julia Riera vs. Tatjana Maria
• Camila Osorio vs. Anca Alexia Todoni
• Kamilla Rakhimova (8) beat Renata Zarazua: 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-3
• Sara Errani beat Sara Sorribes Tormo (3): 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Jule Niemeier