Noskova secures spot in quarter-finals of Monterrey Open

No 6 seed Linda Noskova moved into the quarter-finals of the Monterrey Open by dismissing China’s Xiyu Wang 6-4, 7-6 (11) at Sonoma Club on Wednesday.

Noskova, ranked No 35, saved three set points in the second set tiebreak before finally converting her sixth match points for the win.

The Czech will next play Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 5 seed.

In the previous round of the tournament, Noskova beat Kazakh qualifier Anna Danilina (6-0, 6-1).

Wang, ranked No 56, defeated German Tatjana Maria (6-0, 6-3) in her first round of the week.

Monterrey WTA 500, other second-round results:

• Yue Yuan (7) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 6-1
• Lulu Sun beat Maria Lourdes Carle: 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2)
• Erika Andreeva beat Danielle Collis (1): 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Camila Osorio vs. Emma Navarro
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Renata Zarazua
• Magdalena Frech vs. Lina Glushko
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Elina Svitolina

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