Berlin Open: Azarenka makes quarter-finals
Victoria Azarenka won against Zeynep Sonmez 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday. She’ll play the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Veronika Kudermetova and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed, in the next round
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Belarusian Victoria Azarenka won against qualifier Zeynep Sonmez 6-3, 6-3 to reach the last eight of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Wednesday.
Azarenka, ranked No 19, will face the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Veronika Kudermetova and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed, next.
The 34-year-old Belarusian defeated Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 7 seed (6-4, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Berlin tournament, Sonmez, ranked No 157, beat Dutch lucky loser Arantxa Rus (3-6, 6-2, 6-1).
Berlin WTA 500, other last 16 results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Elena Rybakina
- Jessica Pegula vs. Donna Vekic
- Coco Gauff vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Qinwen Zheng
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