Prague Open: Lucky loser Hibino beats former French Open runner-up Errani
The Japanese player will face the match between Slovak qualifier Viktoria Hruncakova and Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Nao Hibino,
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Japanese lucky loser Nao Hibino moved into the last 16 of the Prague Open by edging out Italian Sara Errani 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 at TK Sparta Praha on Monday afternoon.
Hibino, ranked No 136 in the world, will play the winner of the match between Slovak qualifier Viktoria Hruncakova and Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 7 seed, next.
Prague WTA 250, other first round matches (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251,750):
- Kateryna Baindl (8) beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
- Tamara Korpatsch (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-2, 6-4
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Lin Zhu
- Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Kaia Kanepi
- Elvina Kalieva vs. Linda Noskova
- Barbora Strycova vs. Ankita Raina
- Patricia Maria Tig vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Xiyu Wang vs. Clara Tauson
- Gabriela Knutson vs. Tereza Martincova
- Shuai Zhang vs. Yue Yuan
- Heather Watson vs. Jule Niemeier
- Barbora Palicova vs. Emiliana Arango
- Alize Cornet vs. Lucie Havlickova
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Viktoria Hruncakova vs. Xinyu Wang
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