Birmingham Classic: Lucky loser Marino edges out Bektas to make last eight
Rebecca Marino edged out Emina Bektas 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1) and will play Chinese Lin Zhu in the next round
Rebecca Marino at Birmingham Open 2023 Action Plus / Panoramic
Canadian lucky loser Rebecca Marino moved into the quarter-finals of the Birmingham Classic by edging out American qualifier Emina Bektas 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1) at Edgbaston Priory Club on Thursday.
Marino, ranked No 90, will play Chinese Lin Zhu next.
In the previous round of the Birmingham tournament, the Canadian defeated Chinese qualifier Xiyu Wang (7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-3).
Bektas, ranked No 150, won against Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 7 seed (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Birmingham tournament.
Birmingham WTA 250, other last 16 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Catherine McNally vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Venus Williams vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Tereza Martincova
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Magdalena Frech: thursday
- Harriet Dart (WC) beat Anhelina Kalinina (5): 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
- Lin Zhu beat Magda Linette (3): 6-3, 6-0
- Linda Fruhvirtova beat Bernarda Pera (6): 6-1, 7-6 (3)
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