Minnen races past Lamens into Austin quarter-finals

Greet Minnen moved into the last eight of the Austin Open by winning against Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens, the No 8 seed, 6-1, 6-0 at the Westwood Country Club on Thursday evening.

Minnen, ranked No 92, will next face the winner of a match between American Caroline Dolehide and Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva.

The Belgian previously defeated Chinese qualifier Sijia Wei (5-7, 6-3, 6-2).

In the previous round of the Austin tournament, Lamens — ranked No 67 — edged out Russian Kamilla Rakhimova (1-6, 6-3, 6-4).

Austin WTA 250, other second-round results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Caroline Dolehide vs. Varvara Gracheva
• McCartney Kessler vs. Cristina Bucsa: thursday
• Sorana Cirstea beat Diana Shnaider (2): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
• Ena Shibahara (Q) beat Kimberly Birrell: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) beat Jodie Burrage: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Jessica Pegula (1) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-1, 6-3
• Anna Blinkova beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-2

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