Thailand Open: Volynets recovers to sweep past Maria and into the quarter-finals
Katie Volynets beat Tatjana Maria 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 and will play the winner of the match between Anna Karolina Schmiedlova and Yafan Wang in the next round
Kate Volynets at the 2022 Australian Open
Image Credit: Zuma / Panoramic
American Katie Volynets reached the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open by winning against German Tatjana Maria, the No 4 seed, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 at the True Arena Hua Hin.
Volynets, ranked No 125, will play the winner of the match between Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, the No 8 seed, and Chinese Yafan Wang next.
The 22-year-old American beat Slovenian Tamara Zidansek (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Hua Hin tournament.
During the first round of the Hua Hin tournament, Maria, ranked No 44, won against Dutch qualifier Arianne Hartono (6-3, 6-1).
Hua Hin WTA 250, other second-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Arina Rodionova vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Yafan Wang
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Lin Zhu
- Yulia Putintseva (7) beat Viktorija Golubic: 7-6, 7-6 (1)
- Xinyu Wang (3) beat Nao Hibino: 7-5, 6-4
- Diana Shnaider beat Paula Badosa: 6-2, 3-4 ret.
- Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Xiyu Wang (5): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
People in this post
More tennis news
Tennis Majors launches new WhatsApp channel: Join us now!
L’Open 35 de Saint Malo: Volynets advances to last 16
More classic comedy from Medvedev in Madrid: “Who’s they? The Illuminati?”
Madrid Masters: Medvedev through to last 16
“It’s a question of respect” – Ons Jabeur calls for better attitudes to women’s sport
