Prague Open: Potapova books spot in quarter-finals

Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 7 seed, reached the last 8 of the Prague Open by beating Chinese Lin Zhu 6-4, 7-6 (8) at TK Sparta Praha on Thursday.

Potapova, ranked No 59, will face the winner of the match between Estonian Anett Kontaveit, the top seed, and Czech wildcard Lucie Havlickova next.

The 21-year-old Russian won against Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-1, 6-2) in the previous round.

In the previous round, Zhu, ranked No 100, won against Russian Vitalia Diatchenko (6-1, 6-1).

Prague WTA 250, other second-round matches (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Alize Cornet vs. Linda Noskova
• Nao Hibino vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Lucie Havlickova
• Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q) beat Chloe Paquet: 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova (8) beat Dominika Salkova (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Qiang Wang (Q) beat Dalila Jakupovic (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Magda Linette beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-3