Mérida Open: Korneeva upsets Blinkova to reach last eight

Alina Korneeva advanced to the last eight of the Mérida Open by beating No 5 seed Anna Blinkova 7-5, 6-2 at the Yucatan Country Club on Friday.

Korneeva, ranked No 254, will play Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo next.

Alina Korneeva won against American Alycia Parks (6-3, 6-1) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Mérida tournament, Blinkova, ranked No 75, benefited from the abandonment of Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (2-6, 6-4, 4-0).

Mérida WTA 250, other second-round results (Yucatan Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Renata Zarazua (1) beat Maja Chwalinska (Q): 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Lucrezia Stefanini: 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
• Zeynep Sonmez beat Elsa Jacquemot: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Nina Stojanovic beat Marina Stakusic: 6-3, 6-3
• Polina Kudermetova beat Varvara Lepchenko: 6-3, 6-4
• Ann Li beat Antonia Ruzic: 6-2, 6-2
• Jil Teichmann vs. Ajla Tomljanovic