Hamburg Open: Home hope Eva Lys beats Udvardy to reach last eight

German Eva Lys won against Hungarian Panna Udvardy 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Open at Am Rothenbaum.

Lys, ranked No 167, will play Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the No 7 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old German defeated Egyptian Mayar Sherif, the second seed (6-1, 6-1).

Udvardy, ranked No 96, won against Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (3-6, 6-3, 6-1) in the previous round of the Hamburg tournament.

Hamburg WTA 250, other last-16 results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):

• Arantxa Rus beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
• Noma Noha Akugue (WC) beat Storm Hunter: 0-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Daria Saville (Q) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Jule Niemeier (WC) beat Yulia Putintseva (6): 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
• Diana Shnaider beat Julia Grabher (5): 6-4, 6-2
• Bernarda Pera (3) beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-6 (6), 6-1
• Martina Trevisan beat Camila Osorio (8): 6-1, 6-3