WTA Adelaide: Samsonova reaches quarter-finals, faces Navarro next

Russian Liudmila Samsonova moved into the quarter-finals of the WTA Adelaide International by edging out Swiss qualifier Belinda Bencic 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Wednesday.

Samsonova, ranked No 26, will play American Emma Navarro, the second seed, next.

Ahead of her win today, the Russian beat qualifier Marie Bouzkova (1-6, 6-4, 6-1).

Bencic, ranked No 421, benefited from the retirement of Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 7 seed (6-2, 1-0) earlier in the week.

Adelaide WTA 500, other second-round matches (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 1,064,510):

• Jessica Pegula (1) beat Maria Sakkari (LL): 6-4, 6-1
• Emma Navarro beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Emerson Jones vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Ons Jabeur vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Madison Keys
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Diana Shnaider
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Paula Badosa