Abierto Tampico: Zhu advances to last eight
Lin Zhu won against Varvara Gracheva 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday evening and will play the winner of the match between Pole Magdalena Frech and Czech Katerina Siniakova, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 6 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Abierto Tampico by winning against Russian Varvara Gracheva 6-1, 6-2 at Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico on Wednesday.
Zhu, ranked No 62, will play the winner of the match between Pole Magdalena Frech and Czech Katerina Siniakova, the No 4 seed, next.
The Chinese defeated Austrian Julia Grabher (6-4, 3-6, 6-0) in the previous round. Gracheva, ranked No 94, beat Brazilian Laura Pigossi (6-4, 6-1).
Tampico WTA 125, other second-round results (Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Magdalena Frech vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Xiaodi You
- Elise Mertens vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Rebecca Marino
- Renata Zarazua vs. Magda Linette
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Marie Bouzkova: wednesday
- Camila Osorio (7) beat Eva Vedder: 6-3, 6-2
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