Bad Homburg Open: Alexandrova advances to last eight

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 8 seed, advanced to the last eight of the Bad Homburg Open by winning against Greek wildcard Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3 at the Bad Homburg vor der Höhe on Wednesday.

Alexandrova, ranked No 18, will play Pole Iga Swiatek, the No 4 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Russian beat Swiss Belinda Bencic (6-1, 6-2).

Sakkari, ranked No 85, won against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (7-5, 7-6 (6)) in the previous round of the Bad Homburg tournament.

Bad Homburg WTA 500, other second-round results (Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Mirra Andreeva vs. Clara Tauson
• Linda Noskova vs. Donna Vekic
• Elina Svitolina vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Emma Navarro (5) beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek beat Victoria Azarenka (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (1) beat Katerina Siniakova (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Jasmine Paolini (2) beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-6 (8), 7-6 (6)