Zhang beats Kontaveit as her run continues into quarter-finals

Chinese Shuai Zhang reached the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open by edging out Estonian Anett Kontaveit, the second seed, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Thursday evening.

Zhang, ranked No 44, will face the winner of the match between Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the No 6 seed, and American wildcard Shelby Rogers next.

Ahead of her victory, the 33-year-old Chinese won against Japanese Naomi Osaka (6-4, 7-5) and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (6-3, 6-4).

Kontaveit, ranked No 2, edged out Czech qualifier Tereza Martincova (3-6, 7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):

• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Shelby Rogers
• Jessica Pegula vs. Emma Raducanu
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Elise Mertens vs. Caroline Garcia
• Iga Swiatek vs. Madison Keys: thursday
• Petra Kvitova beat Ons Jabeur (5): 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
• Elena Rybakina beat Alison Riske-Amritraj: 6-2, 6-4