Former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki reaches first WTA quarter-final in four years

Former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki defeated Belgian Greet Minnen 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the Bad Homburg Open on Wednesday.

Lisicki, who needed a wildcard to enter the tournament, is playing her first WTA main draw since 2019. The win moved her into her first WTA level quarter-final since February 2018 and her first quarter-final on home soil since 2013.

She will next meet Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, who defeated qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 6-4.

Bad Hombourg WTA 250, second-round matches (Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe, grass, EUR 203.024)

• Alize Cornet (9) beat Tatjana Maria (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (1) beat Jule Niemeier (WC): 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
• Caroline Garcia beat Kamilla Rakhimova (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Simona Halep vs. Tamara Zidansek
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Angelique Kerber
• Katie Swan vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Ann Li vs. Amanda Anisimova

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