Porsche Grand Prix: Top seed Swiatek dismisses Zheng, faces Pliskova in quarter-final

Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, moved into the last eight of the Porsche Grand Prix by defeating Chinese Qinwen Zheng 6-1, 6-4 at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart on Thursday.

Swiatek, ranked No 1, will play Czech Karolina Pliskova next.

Zheng, ranked No 25, won against American lucky loser Alycia Parks (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Stuttgart Open.

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

• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Elena Rybakina
• Tatjana Maria vs. Caroline Garcia
• 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