Monterrey Open: Bonaventure advances to last eight; meets third seed Vekic next
The Belgian beat Kamilla Rakhimova 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-3 on Wednesday in Monterrey
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Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure won against Russian qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Monterrey Open at the Estadio GNP Seguros on Wednesday.
Bonaventure, ranked No 96, will play third seed Donna Vekic next. The Croatian defeated American wildcard Emma Navarro in straight sets
The Belgian defeated Greek qualifier Despina Papamichail (7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1) in the previous round of the Monterrey tournament.
Rakhimova, ranked No 97, had edged out Czech Katerina Siniakova, the No 6 seed (7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (5)) earlier in the week.
Monterrey WTA 250, other second-round matches (Estadio GNP Seguros, hard, USD 259,303):
- Lin Zhu (5) beat Rebecca Marino: 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Tatjana Maria vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Elise Mertens vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Xinyu Wang vs. Mayar Sherif
- Caroline Garcia vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
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