Nottingham Open: Qualifier Mandlik upsets Giorgi to claim quarter-final spot

American qualifier Elizabeth Mandlik upset Italian Camila Giorgi, the No 7 seed, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Nottingham Open at Nottingham Tennis Centre on Thursday.

Mandlik, ranked No 110 and the daughter of four-time Grand Slam singles champion Hana Mandlikova, will face Frenchwoman Alize Cornet next.

The 22-year-old American edged out Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5)) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Nottingham tournament, Giorgi, ranked No 47, beat American Madison Brengle (7-6 (5), 6-2).

Nottingham WTA 250, other last 16 results (Nottingham Tennis Centre, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Magda Linette vs. Jodie Burrage
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Harriet Dart
• Katie Boulter vs. Daria Snigur: thursday
• Alize Cornet beat Maria Sakkari (1): 6-1, 6-4
• Heather Watson (Q) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-4
• Magdalena Frech beat Lin Zhu (8): 6-2, 6-4
• Viktorija Golubic beat Donna Vekic (4): 6-4, 6-1