Korea Open: Wickmayer upsets third seed Alexandrova to reach quarters
The former world No 15 will meet Russian Polina Kudermetova in the next round
Yanina Wickmayer (Francois Asal / Panoramic)
Belgian Yanina Wickmayer beat Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 3 seed, 6-3, 7-6 (6) to reach the last eight of the Korea Open on Wednesday.
Wickmayer, ranked No 83 in the world and a former top 15 player, will play Russian Polina Kudermetova next.
The 33-year-old Belgian won against qualifier En-Shuo Liang (6-3, 6-4) ahead of her win today.
In the previous round of the Seoul tournament, Alexandrova, ranked No 22, won against Japanese Mai Hontama (6-3, 6-1).
Seoul Korea Open WTA 250, other second-round matches (Hard, USD 259,303):
- Polina Kudermetova beat Kathinka von Deichmann: 6-3, 6-1
- Claire Liu beat Arantxa Rus (7): 1-6, 6-3, 3-0 ret.
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Dayeon Back
- Su Jeong Jang vs. Emina Bektas
- Eva Lys vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Jessica Pegula vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Kaja Juvan vs. Yue Yuan
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