No. 2 seed Solana Sierra was one in all three seeded opponents who coasted into the quarterfinals of the SP Open with straight-set wins on Wednesday in Sao Paulo.
The Argentine, who sits 82nd within the WTA rankings, disposed of 15-year-old Nauhany Vitoria Leme Da Silva from Brazil 6-0, 6-4 in 63 minutes, rallying from a 4-3 deficit within the second set to complete off the victory. Britain’s No. 6 seed Francesca Jones will face Sierra within the quarterfinals after beating Whitney Osuigwe 6-4, 7-6 (6).
No. 3 seed Alex Eala of the Philippines finished the day’s competition with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Argentina’s Julia Riera. She’ll face Indonesia’s Janice Tjen, who adopted up her first-round upset of French No. 7 seed Leolia Jeanjean with a 53-minute 6-1, 6-0 thrashing of Martina Okalova of Slovakia.
French competitor Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah additionally superior into the third spherical with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Mexico’s Victoria Rodriguez. The opposite three quarterfinal opponents shall be decided throughout Thursday’s competitors.
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Italy’s Lucrezia Stefanini denied American Sloane Stephens a win in her first match since February, beating her 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in a first-round match in Mexico.
Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open winner, has been sidelined for the final seven months as a result of a foot harm. Main 5-3 within the second set when play was suspended on Tuesday, Stephens completed off the second set Wednesday, however received simply 35 % of her service factors within the deciding set, dropping her serve 3 times.
Nikola Bartunkova grew to become the primary participant to punch her ticket to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Darja Vidmanova in an all-Czech matchup.
In night motion, No. 1 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium and No. 2 Veronika Kudermetova of Russia are set to play their first matches of the occasion after receiving first-round byes. Mertens faces France’s Elsa Jacquemot, whereas Kudermetova will tackle Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva of Andorra.
–Discipline Degree Media/Reuters