Hong Kong Open: Fruhvirtova books spot in quarter-finals
Linda Fruhvirtova beat Alina Korneeva 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez and Russian Mirra Andreeva in the next round
Linda Fruhvirtova moved into the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open by winning against Russian qualifier Alina Korneeva 6-3, 7-5 at Seul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul on Thursday.
Fruhvirtova, ranked No 88, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez and Russian Mirra Andreeva next.
In the previous round of the Hong Kong tournament, Linda Fruhvirtova edged out American Peyton Stearns, the No 7 seed (3-6, 6-4, 6-4).
Korneeva, ranked No 179, defeated Valeria Savinykh (6-4, 2-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the Hong Kong tournament.
Seoul WTA 250, other second-round results (Seul Olympic Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Mirra Andreeva: thursday
- Elise Mertens (3) beat Sofya Lansere (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (2): 7-5, 1-6, 6-1
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Xinyu Wang (4): 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
- Martina Trevisan (6) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3
- Katerina Siniakova beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-1
- Anna Blinkova (5) beat Priscilla Hon: 6-1, 6-3
