Canberra Open: Stojanovic books spot in quarter-finals

Serb Nina Stojanovic beat Australian wildcard Petra Hule 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Canberra Open at the Canberra Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

Stojanovic, ranked No 250, will face Japanese Aoi Ito, the No 7 seed, next.

The Serb won against Argentinian qualifier Solana Sierra (6-2, 6-1) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Canberra tournament, Hule, ranked No 312, won against Russian Anastasia Zakharova, the No 3 seed (6-3, 6-3).

Canberra WTA 125K Series, other second-round results (Canberra Tennis Centre, hard, USD 164.000, most recent results first):

• Alexandra Eala vs. Arianne Hartono
• Simona Waltert (Q) beat Elsa Jacquemot (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q) beat Dalma Galfi: 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
• Taylah Preston (WC) beat Marina Stakusic (6): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Sijia Wei beat Mananchaya Sawangkaew (8): 6-3, 6-2
• Aoi Ito beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-1, 6-2
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz (1) beat Sara Saito (Q): 6-2, 6-4

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