Canberra Open: Waltert reaches last eight
Simona Waltert beat Elsa Jacquemot 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday and will play Chinese Wei Sijia in the next round
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Swiss qualifier Simona Waltert moved into the last eight of the Canberra Open by defeating French qualifier Elsa Jacquemot 6-1, 6-4 at the Canberra Tennis Centre on Wednesday.
Waltert, ranked No 174, will play Chinese Wei Sijia next.
Ahead of her victory, the Swiss won against Latvian Darja Semenistaja, the No 4 seed (6-2, 6-1).
Jacquemot, ranked No 159, beat Australian wildcard Emerson Jones (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Canberra tournament.
Canberra WTA 125K Series, other second-round results (Canberra Tennis Centre, hard, USD 164.000, most recent results first):
- Alexandra Eala vs. Arianne Hartono
- Petra Hule vs. Nina Stojanovic
- Dalma Galfi vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva: wednesday
- Marina Stakusic vs. Taylah Preston: wednesday
- Wei Sijia beat Mananchaya Sawangkaew (8): 6-3, 6-2
- Aoi Ito (7) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-1, 6-2
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz (1) beat Sara Saito (Q): 6-2, 6-4
