Porsche Grand Prix: Haddad Maia advances to quarter-finals
Beatriz Haddad Maia won against Elena Rybakina 6-1, 3-1 on Thursday evening and will face Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia won against Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 6 seed, 6-1, 3-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Porsche Grand Prix at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart on Thursday evening.
Haddad Maia, ranked No 14, will play Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 3 seed, next.
The Brazilian benefited from the abandonment of Italian Martina Trevisan (7-5, 1-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Stuttgart Open, Rybakina, ranked No 7, beat German wildcard Jule Niemeier (7-5, 6-3).
Stuttgart WTA 500, other last 16 results (Porsche-Arena, EUR 780.637, most recent results first):
- Caroline Garcia (4) beat Tatjana Maria (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- 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 beat Jelena Ostapenko: 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-2, 6-3
