WTA Adelaide: Pegula survives scare against Pera

Second seed Jessica Pegula won against lucky loser Bernarda Pera 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the last eight of the Adelaide Open at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Wednesday night.

Pegula, ranked No 5, will face the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and qualifier Katerina Siniakova next.

Pera, ranked No 69, defeated Spanish wildcard Paula Badosa (3-6, 6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Adelaide tournament.

Adelaide WTA 500, other second-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Elena Rybakina vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Caroline Garcia vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Taylor Townsend vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Laura Siegemund vs. Ana Bogdan: wednesday