Brisbane Open: Kalinina advances to quarter-finals, faces Birrell next

Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina reached the quarter-finals of the Brisbane Open by beating Chinese Yue Yuan 6-1, 6-4 at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Thursday.

Kalinina, ranked No 55, will play Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell next.

Ahead of her win today, the Ukrainian benefited from the retirement of Chinese Yafan Wang (6-4, 2-0) and won against Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 5 seed (6-3, 4-6, 6-1).

Yuan, ranked No 49, defeated Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus (6-2, 6-4) and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 9 seed (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.

Brisbane WTA 500, other round of 16 results (Queensland Tennis Centre, hard, USD 1,520,600):

• Polina Kudermetova (Q) beat Daria Kasatkina (3): 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Suzan Lamens: 7-5, 6-0
• Kimberly Birrell beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Ons Jabeur
• Linda Noskova vs. Mirra Andreeva

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