Bertens stuns Pliskova in Wimbledon pre-quarters
Monday - July 9, 2018 9:30 pm ,
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Bertens stuns Pliskova in Wimbledon pre-quarters
Wimbledon July 9 (IANS) World No 20 Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands on Monday battled to a straight-set upset win over world No 8 Karolina Pliskova 6-3 7-6 (7-1) reaching the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon tennis championships for first time in her career.
The 26-year-old needed one hour and 39 minutes to beat Pliskova a former world No 1 who was the last Top 10 player left in this year s edition of the tournament reported Efe.
Bertens is set to take on world No 13 Julia Goerges of Germany who beat world No 55 Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-3 6-2.
Latvia s Jelena Ostapenko also advanced to the last eight stage after she defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 7-6 (7-4) 6-0.
Ostapenko took one hour and 18 minutes to move a step closer to winning her second Grand Slam title having won the 2017 French Open.
The 21-year-old struck two aces and 28 winners compared to her rival s four and 14 respectively and has yet to lose a set at Wimbledon this year.
In the upcoming round Ostapenko will play Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia world No 33 who eliminated Taiwan s Hsieh Su-wei 6-4 6-1.
Italy s Camila Giorgi world No 52 staged her own upset over world No 35 Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-3 6-4 in one hour and 30 minutes.
Up next Giorgi is to square off against either 25th-seed Serena Williams of the US or world No 120 Evgeniya Rodina of Russia.
--IANS pur/vd
The 26-year-old needed one hour and 39 minutes to beat Pliskova a former world No 1 who was the last Top 10 player left in this year s edition of the tournament reported Efe.
Bertens is set to take on world No 13 Julia Goerges of Germany who beat world No 55 Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-3 6-2.
Latvia s Jelena Ostapenko also advanced to the last eight stage after she defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 7-6 (7-4) 6-0.
Ostapenko took one hour and 18 minutes to move a step closer to winning her second Grand Slam title having won the 2017 French Open.
The 21-year-old struck two aces and 28 winners compared to her rival s four and 14 respectively and has yet to lose a set at Wimbledon this year.
In the upcoming round Ostapenko will play Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia world No 33 who eliminated Taiwan s Hsieh Su-wei 6-4 6-1.
Italy s Camila Giorgi world No 52 staged her own upset over world No 35 Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-3 6-4 in one hour and 30 minutes.
Up next Giorgi is to square off against either 25th-seed Serena Williams of the US or world No 120 Evgeniya Rodina of Russia.
--IANS pur/vd
