Stuttgart Open: Raducanu into quarter-finals, plays Swiatek next

Wildcard Emma Raducanu advanced to the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open by winning against Linda Noskova 6-0, 7-5 at the Porsche-Arena on Thursday evening.

Raducanu, ranked No 303, will play Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next.

In the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament, Emma Raducanu defeated German wildcard Angelique Kerber (6-2, 6-1).

Noskova, ranked No 31, beat Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 8 seed (6-3, 6-1) in the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament.

Stuttgart WTA 500, other second-round matches (Porsche-Arena, clay, USD 802,237):

• Iga Swiatek beat Elise Mertens: 6-3, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini beat Ons Jabeur (7): 7-6 (8), 6-4
• Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Paula Badosa: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 3-3 ret.
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Marta Kostyuk