Nottingham Open: Frech recovers to beat Maria and reach last eight

Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 5 seed, defeated German Tatjana Maria 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Nottingham Open at Nottingham Tennis Centre.

Frech, ranked No 52, will play No 3 seed Katie Boulter next.

The Pole won against Japanese Nao Hibino (6-1, 6-4) in the previous round of the Nottingham tournament.

In the previous round of the Nottingham tournament, Maria, ranked No 56, edged out Colombian Emiliana Arango (4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6)).

Nottingham WTA 250, other last-16 results (Nottingham Tennis Centre, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Ons Jabeur vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Francesca Jones vs. Ashlyn Krueger: thursday
• Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Daria Snigur: 6-2, 6-2
• Karolina Pliskova (6) beat Heather Watson (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Katie Boulter beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Diane Parry beat Daria Saville: 6-4, 6-1
• Kimberly Birrell (Q) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-0