Tampico Open: Bektas beats Tomljanovic to reach last eight, plays Dolehide next

American Emina Bektas, the No 6 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Tampico Open by edging out Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-5 at the Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico on Thursday.

Bektas, ranked No 104, will play fellow American Caroline Dolehide, the top seed, next.

Bektas won against Mexican Renata Zarazua (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Tampico tournament while Ajla Tomljanovic had defeated American Whitney Osuigwe (7-5, 6-2).

Tampico WTA 125, other second-round matches (Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico, USD 115,000):

• Anastasia Tikhonova beat Panna Udvardy: 6-3, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya (4) beat Varvara Lepchenko: 6-1, 6-2
• Caroline Dolehide beat Victoria Rodriguez (WC): 7-6 (6), 0-6, 6-2
• Emiliana Arango vs. Fernanda Contreras Gomez
• Katarina Kozarov vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Katie Volynets vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Ann Li vs. Elizabeth Mandlik

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