WTA Hobart: Local wildcard Saville knocks out Kenin

Australian wildcard Daria Saville moved into the last eight of the Hobart International by beating American Sofia Kenin, the No 6 seed, 7-6 (3), 6-1 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Wednesday night.

Saville, ranked No 195, will face Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 3 seed, next.

The Australian edged out Russian Anna Blinkova (3-6, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Hobart tournament.

During the first round of the Hobart tournament, Kenin, ranked No 38, won against Belgian Greet Minnen (6-3, 6-3).

Hobart WTA 250, other second-round results (Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Marie Bouzkova vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Emma Navarro (2) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Yue Yuan (Q) beat Xinyu Wang (4): 7-5, 6-3
• Lin Zhu beat Caroline Dolehide: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Elise Mertens (1) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova (LL) beat Tatjana Maria (9): 6-0, 6-1
• Arantxa Rus beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-2, 6-3