Minnen races past Lamens into Austin quarter-finals
Greet Minnen eased past Suzan Lamens in straight sets on Thursday in Austin. Minnen awaits either Caroline Dolehide or Varvara Gracheva in the quarter-finals.
Greet Minnen moved into the last eight of the Austin Open by winning against Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens, the No 8 seed, 6-1, 6-0 at the Westwood Country Club on Thursday evening.
Minnen, ranked No 92, will next face the winner of a match between American Caroline Dolehide and Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva.
The Belgian previously defeated Chinese qualifier Sijia Wei (5-7, 6-3, 6-2).
In the previous round of the Austin tournament, Lamens — ranked No 67 — edged out Russian Kamilla Rakhimova (1-6, 6-3, 6-4).
Austin WTA 250, other second-round results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Varvara Gracheva
- McCartney Kessler vs. Cristina Bucsa: thursday
- Sorana Cirstea beat Diana Shnaider (2): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
- Ena Shibahara (Q) beat Kimberly Birrell: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) beat Jodie Burrage: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Jessica Pegula (1) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-1, 6-3
- Anna Blinkova beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-2
