Hobart International: Qualifier Putintseva reaches quarter-finals

Kazakh qualifier Yulia Putintseva won against No 5 seed Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to advance to the last 8 of the Hobart International at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

Putintseva, ranked No 64, will face qualifier Yue Yuan next.

Ahead of her victory, the Kazakh edged out Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4)).

Bouzkova, ranked No 35, beat Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Hobart tournament.

Hobart WTA 250, other second-round results (Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Daria Saville (WC) beat Sofia Kenin (6): 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Emma Navarro (2) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Yue Yuan beat Xinyu Wang (4): 7-5, 6-3
• Lin Zhu (3) beat Caroline Dolehide: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Elise Mertens (1) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova (LL) beat Tatjana Maria (9): 6-0, 6-1
• Arantxa Rus beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-2, 6-3