Brisbane Open: Bouzkova upsets Azarenka to reach quarters
The Czech will take on the winner of the match between Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 15 seed, in the next round
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Marie Bouzkova won against Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 10 seed, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Brisbane Open at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Thursday.
Bouzkova, ranked No 44, will play the winner of the match between Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 15 seed, next.
The Czech beat Australian wildcard Talia Gibson (7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3) and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 7 seed (7-6, 6-4) earlier in the week.
In the previous round of the tournament, Azarenka, ranked No 20, edged out Australian wildcard Maya Joint (6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4).
Brisbane WTA 500, other round of 16 results (Queensland Tennis Centre, hard, USD 1,520,600):
- Ons Jabeur beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
- Mirra Andreeva (8) beat Linda Noskova (12): 6-3, 6-0
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Yue Yuan: 6-1, 6-4
- Polina Kudermetova (Q) beat Daria Kasatkina (3): 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Suzan Lamens: 7-5, 6-0
- Kimberly Birrell (WC) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Yulia Putintseva
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