Mérida Open: Stojanovic books spot in quarter-finals
Nina Stojanovic beat Marina Stakusic 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between American Varvara Lepchenko and Russian Polina Kudermetova in the next round
Serb Nina Stojanovic advanced to the last eight of the Mérida Open by winning against Canadian Marina Stakusic 6-3, 6-3 at the Yucatan Country Club on Thursday evening.
Nina Stojanovic will face the winner of the match between American Varvara Lepchenko and Russian Polina Kudermetova next.
In the previous round of the Mérida tournament, the Serb defeated German Tatjana Maria, the No 7 seed (6-4, 6-4).
Stakusic, ranked No 116, edged out Australian Maya Joint (2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)) during the first round of the Mérida tournament.
Mérida WTA 250, other second-round results (Yucatan Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Alina Korneeva vs. Anna Blinkova
- Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Renata Zarazua vs. Maja Chwalinska
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Zeynep Sonmez
- Varvara Lepchenko vs. Polina Kudermetova: thursday
- Ann Li beat Antonia Ruzic: 6-2, 6-2
- Jil Teichmann vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
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