Nottingham Open: Home hope Watson beats Maria to reach last eight

Qualifier Heather Watson won against German Tatjana Maria 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the last eight of the Nottingham Open at Nottingham Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

Watson, ranked No 195, will play Swiss Viktorija Golubic next.

In the previous round of the Nottingham tournament, Heather Watson beat German Jule Niemeier (6-4, 6-3).

Maria, ranked No 66, won against Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 6 seed (6-1, 6-4) during the 32 of the Nottingham tournament.

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

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