Canberra Open: Selekhmeteva moves into last eight
Oksana Selekhmeteva edged out Dalma Galfi 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 on Wednesday and will play Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz next
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Russian qualifier Oksana Selekhmeteva moved into the quarter-finals of the Canberra Open by edging out Hungarian Dalma Galfi 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 at the Canberra Tennis Centre on Wednesday.
Selekhmeteva, ranked No 176, will play Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz, the top seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old Russian edged out Croat Petra Martic, the No 5 seed (6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4)).
Galfi, ranked No 141, won against Ukrainian Daria Snigur (6-4, 2-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the Canberra tournament.
Canberra WTA 125K Series, other second-round results (Canberra Tennis Centre, hard, USD 164.000, most recent results first):
- Alexandra Eala vs. Arianne Hartono
- Petra Hule vs. Nina Stojanovic
- Simona Waltert (Q) beat Elsa Jacquemot (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Taylah Preston (WC) beat Marina Stakusic (6): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Sijia Wei beat Mananchaya Sawangkaew (8): 6-3, 6-2
- Aoi Ito (7) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-1, 6-2
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Sara Saito (Q): 6-2, 6-4
