Upper Austria Ladies: Potapova fights back to edge past Cocciaretto and reach quarter-finals
Anastasia Potapova edged out Elisabetta Cocciaretto 2-6, 7-6 (9), 7-5. She’ll play Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the second seed, in the next round
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Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 5 seed, edged out Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 2-6, 7-6 (9), 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals of the Upper Austria Ladies at the TipsArena in Linz.
Potapova, ranked No 27, will face Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the second seed, next.
The 22-year-old Russian beat Italian qualifier Sara Errani (6-4, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Linz tournament, Cocciaretto, ranked No 60, won against qualifier Lucrezia Stefanini (6-2, 6-0).
Linz WTA 500, other second-round results (TipsArena, hard, USD 802.237, most recent results first):
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Clara Tauson
- Donna Vekic (3) beat Dayana Yastremska (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Clara Burel beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (4) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 6-3
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Katie Boulter: 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Jule Niemeier (Q): 6-3, 6-0
- Jodie Burrage (Q) beat Jaqueline Cristian (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
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