Alize Cornet of France ousted top-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Rothesay Open in Nottingham, England.
It was the 25th career win against a top-10 opponent for Cornet, who converted four of a whopping 13 break chances in the 88-minute match.
Two other seeded players were shown the door in straight sets, as Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic defeated No. 4 Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-4, 6-1 and Poland’s Magdalena Frech eliminated No. 8 Lin Zhu of China 6-2, 6-4. Britain’s Heather Watson was a 6-4, 6-4 winner against Germany’s Tatjana Maria.
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Unseeded American teenager Ashlyn Krueger stunned No. 3 seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Krueger, 19, saved four of five break points during her 73-minute upset of the two-time Grand Slam winner.
No. 1 seed Veronika Kudermetova advanced with a 6-1, 6-3 win against Canada’s Carol Zhao. Younger sister Polina Kudermetova was not as fortunate, falling 6-4, 6-1 to No. 2 seed and fellow Russian Liudmila Samsonova.
No. 7 seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus outlasted Belgium’s Greet Minnen 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
–Field Level Media