Jiangxi Open: Rus beats Fruhvirtova to reach quarter-finals

Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the No 6 seed, beat Linda Fruhvirtova 6-4, 7-6 (4) to advance to the last eight of the Jiangxi Open on Thursday.

This was Rus’ second win over the 19-year-old Czech in three career meetings.

Rus, ranked No 83, will face Swiss Viktorija Golubic next.

The 33-year-old Dutchman won against Ukrainian Yuliia Starodubtseva (6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.

Earlier in the week, Fruhvirtova, ranked No 209, won against Liechtensteiner Kathinka von Deichmann (6-0, 7-5).

Jiangxi WTA 250, other second-round matches (Hard, USD 267,082):

• Viktorija Golubic beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (4): 6-2 ret.
• Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Q) beat Saisai Zheng (WC): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Kamilla Rakhimova (5) beat Elena Pridankina: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Laura Siegemund beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-4, 6-4
• Marie Bouzkova (1) beat Xinxin Yao (LL): 6-3, 6-3
• Anna Bondar vs. Martina Trevisan
• Sijia Wei vs. Rebecca Sramkova

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