Porsche Grand Prix: Fourth seed Garcia makes quarter-finals

Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last 8 of the Porsche Grand Prix by defeating German wildcard Tatjana Maria 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart on Thursday.

Garcia, ranked No 5, will face Russian Anastasia Potapova next.

Maria, ranked No 71, edged out Swiss qualifier Ylena In-Albon (6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Stuttgart Open.

Stuttgart WTA 500, other last 16 results (Porsche-Arena, EUR 780.637, most recent results first):

• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Elena Rybakina
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Qinwen Zheng: 6-1, 6-4
• Paula Badosa (WC) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova beat Coco Gauff (5): 6-2, 6-3
• Karolina Pliskova beat Donna Vekic: 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)
• Ons Jabeur (3) beat Jelena Ostapenko: 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-2, 6-3