Upper Austria Ladies: Potapova too strong for Sramkova, moves into quarter-finals

Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 6 seed, defeated Slovak Rebecca Sramkova 7-6 (1), 6-4 to reach the last 8 of the Upper Austria Ladies at the TipsArena in Linz.

Potapova, ranked No 33, will play the winner of the match between top seed Karolina Muchova and Spanish qualifier Sara Sorribes Tormo next.

The Russian won against Austrian wildcard Julia Grabher (6-2, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Linz tournament, Sramkova, ranked No 44, won against Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (7-5, 7-5).

Linz WTA 500, other second-round results (TipsArena, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Karolina Muchova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Anna Blinkova vs. Elina Svitolina
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Antonia Ruzic
• Petra Martic vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Maria Sakkari (3) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Clara Tauson (8) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 6-4