Hungarian Open: Sramkova into quarter-finals
Rebecca Sramkova defeated Xiyu Wang 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Thursday. She’ll face German Eva Lys in the next round
Rebecca Sramkova (Zuma/Panoramic)
Slovak Rebecca Sramkova won against Chinese Xiyu Wang, the No 3 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Hungarian Open at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest.
Sramkova, ranked No 109, will face German Eva Lys next.
Ahead of her victory, the Slovak edged out Romanian qualifier Miriam Bulgaru (6-3, 4-6, 6-4).
Wang, ranked No 54, beat Romanian Anca Todoni (7-6 (4), 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
- Eva Lys beat Bernarda Pera: 7-6 (6), 4-1 ret.
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Sara Sorribes Tormo (4): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
- 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
