Monterrey Open: Dolehide moves into last eight, plays Zhu next

American qualifier Caroline Dolehide advanced to the quarter-finals of the Monterrey Open by defeating Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-2, 6-4 at the Estadio GNP Seguros on Wednesday.

Dolehide, ranked No 206, will play Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 5 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Monterrey tournament, the American won against German Jule Niemeier (6-1, 6-0).

Schmiedlova, ranked No 100, had upset Czech Marie Bouzkova, the second seed (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Monterrey tournament.

Monterrey WTA 250, other second-round matches (Estadio GNP Seguros, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Donna Vekic (3) beat Emma Navarro (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Ysaline Bonaventure beat Kamilla Rakhimova (Q): 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-3
• Lin Zhu beat Rebecca Marino: 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3
• Tatjana Maria vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Caroline Garcia vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Elise Mertens vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Xinyu Wang vs. Mayar Sherif

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