Zhengzhou Open: Tsurenko into quarter-finals
Lesia Tsurenko won against Donna Vekic 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) on Wednesday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between No 7 seed Barbora Krejcikova and Croat Petra Martic in the next round
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Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko defeated Croat Donna Vekic, the No 10 seed, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) to move into the last eight of the Zhengzhou Open at Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center on Wednesday afternoon.
Tsurenko, ranked No 43, will face the winner of the match between No 7 seed Barbora Krejcikova and Croat Petra Martic next.
The 34-year-old Ukrainian won against Russian lucky loser Diana Shnaider (6-4, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Zhengzhou tournament, Vekic, ranked No 21, won against Japanese qualifier Nao Hibino (6-4, 6-2).
Zhengzhou WTA 500, other second-round results (Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Petra Martic
- Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Ons Jabeur vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Laura Siegemund
- Qinwen Zheng beat Maria Sakkari (3): 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini beat Caroline Garcia (6): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Vera Zvonareva (Q): 7-5, 6-1
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