Birmingham Classic: Fruhvirtova books spot in quarter-finals
Linda Fruhvirtova won against Bernarda Pera 6-1, 7-6 (3) on Wednesday and will face the winner of the match between top seed Barbora Krejcikova and qualifier Tereza Martincova in the next round
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Czech Linda Fruhvirtova moved into the last eight of the Birmingham Classic by beating American Bernarda Pera, the No 6 seed, 6-1, 7-6 (3) at Edgbaston Priory Club on Wednesday afternoon.
Fruhvirtova, ranked No 57, will face the winner of the match between top seed Barbora Krejcikova and qualifier Tereza Martincova next.
The 18-year-old Czech won against Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina (6-2, 6-0) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Birmingham tournament, Pera, ranked No 27, defeated Czech Marie Bouzkova (6-4, 7-6 (3)).
Birmingham WTA 250, other last 16 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Venus Williams vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Magdalena Frech
- Catherine McNally vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Rebecca Marino vs. Emina Bektas
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Tereza Martincova
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Harriet Dart
- Magda Linette vs. Lin Zhu
