Prague Open: Noskova moves into quarter-finals

Czech Linda Noskova, the top seed, won against Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-2, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Prague Open at the Sparta Prague Tennis Club on Wednesday.

Noskova, ranked No 23, will play Katerina Siniakova next.

Ahead of her victory, the 20-year-old Czech beat Russian qualifier Anastasia Gasanova (7-6 (5), 7-6 (7)).

Cocciaretto, ranked No 77, defeated Swiss Viktorija Golubic (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Prague tournament.

Prague WTA 250, other second-round results (Sparta Prague Tennis Club, clay, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Sara Bejlek vs. Alycia Parks
• Xinyu Wang vs. Lucie Havlickova: wednesday
• Katerina Siniakova beat Dominika Salkova (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova (5) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (LL): 6-4, 6-4
• Ann Li (9) beat Leolia Jeanjean: 6-4, 6-3
• Tereza Valentova beat Rebecca Sramkova (2): 7-6 (1), 7-5
• Jessika Ponchet (LL) beat Barbora Palicova (WC): 6-1, 7-5