Upper Austria Ladies: Blinkova upsets Svitolina to make quarter-finals

Russian Anna Blinkova moved into the last eight of the Upper Austria Ladies by winning against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the second seed, 6-4, 6-4 at the TipsArena in Linz.

Blinkova, ranked No 83, will play Dane Clara Tauson, the No 8 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Linz tournament, the Russian beat Austrian qualifier Sinja Kraus (7-6 (3), 6-2).

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
• Petra Martic (Q) beat Elina Avanesyan (7): 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
• Dayana Yastremska (5) beat Antonia Ruzic (Q): 7-5, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova (6) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Maria Sakkari (3) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Clara Tauson beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 6-4