Western & Southern Open: Vondrousova reaches quarter-finals
Marketa Vondrousova beat Sloane Stephens 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday evening and will play the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, and Chinese Qinwen Zheng in the next round.
Marketa Vondrousova in Cincinnati (Zuma/Panoramic)
No 10 seed Marketa Vondrousova beat American Sloane Stephens 7-5, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Thursday evening.
Vondrousova, ranked No 10, will face the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, and Chinese Qinwen Zheng next.
It's a 5th WTA quarterfinal for the Wimbledon champ 👏
— wta (@WTA) August 17, 2023
Marketa Vondrousova gets past Stephens, 7-5, 6-3 in Cincinnati!#CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/5CXM4u4gTk
Marketa Vondrousova won against Katerina Siniakova (7-5, 6-4) and Russian Anastasia Potapova (6-4, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Stephens, ranked No 38, won against Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (7-5, 6-2) and edged out Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 6 seed (4-6, 6-4, 6-4).
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other last-16 results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):
- Linda Noskova vs. Coco Gauff
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Ons Jabeur vs. Donna Vekic
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Jessica Pegula
- Elena Rybakina vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Iga Swiatek vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Maria Sakkari vs. Karolina Muchova
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