Hungarian Open: Schmiedlova recovers to beat Sorribes Tormo and reach quarter-finals

Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova reached the last eight of the Hungarian Open by winning against Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, the No 4 seed, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 at Római Tennis Academy.

Schmiedlova, ranked No 79, will face Russian Elina Avanesyan next.

In the previous round of the Budapest tournament, the Slovak beat Russian Kamilla Rakhimova (3-6, 6-4, 6-0).

Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 59, edged out Bulgarian qualifier Gergana Topalova (4-6, 6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Budapest tournament.

Budapest WTA 250, other second-round results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Anna Bondar vs. Ella Seidel
• Diana Shnaider vs. Ekaterina Makarova
• Xiyu Wang vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Bernarda Pera vs. Eva Lys
• Elina Avanesyan beat Rebeka Masarova: 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
• Suzan Lamens beat Carole Monnet (Q): 6-4, 6-0
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Maria Timofeeva: 6-3, 6-4