Zhengzhou Open: Kalinina beats former world No 2 Zvonareva to reach quarter-finals
The Russian will play the winner of the match between Chinese Qinwen Zheng and Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 3 seed, in the next round
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Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina advanced to the last eight of the Zhengzhou Open by winning against Russian qualifier Vera Zvonareva 7-5, 6-1 at Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center on Wednesday night.
Kalinina, ranked No 28 in the world, will play China’s Qinwen Zheng or Greece’s Maria Sakkari, the No 3 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Zhengzhou tournament, the Ukrainian beat Australian qualifier Ellen Perez (6-1, 6-3).
Zvonareva, ranked No 369 but a former world No 2, defeated No 9 seed Veronika Kudermetova (6-2, 7-6 (5)) earlier in the week.
Zhengzhou WTA 500, other second-round matches (Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center, hard, USD 780,637)
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Laura Siegemund
- Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Ons Jabeur vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Petra Martic
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Donna Vekic
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Maria Sakkari
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Caroline Garcia
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