Britain’s Jodie Burrage, Harriet Dart and Katie Boulter all advanced to the quarterfinals with victories Thursday at the Rothesay Open in Nottingham, England.
Burrage upset No. 3 seed Magda Linette of Poland 7-5, 6-3 and Dart knocked off No. 5 seed Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine 6-0, 7-5, while Boulter eliminated Ukraine’s Daria Snigur 7-5, 6-3.
American Elizabeth Mandlik completed the upset-filled day with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 defeat of No. 7 Camila Giorgi of Italy in two hours, 26 minutes. Mandlik took advantage of 20 double faults by Giorgi.
No seeded players remain in the field.
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Unseeded Slovakian Viktoria Hruncakova fought off nine set points and pulled off a 7-6 (6), 6-3 stunner against sixth-seeded Canadian Bianca Andreescu in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
No. 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia also advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-6 (3) win against Australia’s Kimberly Birrell. Alexandrova’s next opponent is Emina Bektas, who defeated fellow American Sachia Vickery 6-4, 6-4.
Swiss teenager Celine Naef, 17, rallied to beat No. 8 seed Caty McNally 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Ranked No. 202 in the world, Naef will face top seed Veronika Kudermetova of Russia in the quarterfinals.
–Field Level Media