Tennis
Samsonova beats Naef to move into quarter-finals
Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the second seed, reached the last eight of the’s-Hertogenbosch Open by beating Swiss wildcard Celine Naef 7-5, 6-2 at Autotron Rosmalen.
Samsonova, ranked No 15, will face Belgian Greet Minnen next.
The Russian won against Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck (6-1, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Rosmalen tournament, Naef, ranked No 161, edged out American qualifier Elizabeth Mandlik (7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4).
Rosmalen WTA 250, other last-16 results (Autotron Rosmalen, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Robin Montgomery vs. Jule Niemeier
- Aleksandra Krunic beat Jessica Pegula (1): 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (3) beat Emina Bektas: 7-5, 6-4
- Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (5): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- Naomi Osaka (WC) beat Suzan Lamens (WC): 6-2, 6-2
- Greet Minnen beat Donna Vekic (7): 6-1, 0-6, 7-5
- Bianca Andreescu (WC) beat Yue Yuan (6): 6-4, 6-4
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