Gavrilova advances to Strasbourg quarterfinals
Daria Gavrilova is finding form in Strasbourg, reaching her first WTA quarterfinal of the season.
Strasbourg, France, 23 May 2019 | AAP
Australia’s Daria Gavrilova has reached the quarterfinals of the Strasbourg International after coming through two matches on the same day at the WTA clay-court tournament.
Gavrilova was due to face Fed Cup team-mate Ash Barty in the first round of the French Open warm-up competition on Tuesday, but the world No.8 withdrew with an arm injury.
It meant Gavrilova first had to beat Latvian lucky loser Diana Marcinkevica 7-5 7-5 before overcoming French ace Amandine Hesse 4-6 6-2 7-5 on Wednesday, setting up a last-eight clash with Hesse’s compatriot Chloe Paquet.
Wow!@Daria_gav comes back from 3-5 down in the second set to beat the valiant lucky loser Marcinkevica 7-5, 7-5 @WTA_Strasbourg !#is19 pic.twitter.com/RQmKQyWkh7
— WTA (@WTA) May 22, 2019
However, Sam Stosur and qualifier Astra Sharma both bowed out of the Strasbourg tournament.
Stosur fell 6-0 6-2 to Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, who also beat her in straight sets at this year’s Australian Open.
Sharma was beaten 6-3 6-2 by 2014 Strasbourg champion Monica Puig, who now plays No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka.
Meanwhile, Ajla Tomljanovic missed out on a quarterfinal berth in Nurnberg after suffering a straight-sets defeat to Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek.
The third-seeded Australian went down 6-3 6-4 at the German clay-court tournament, as Zidansek set up a last-eight clash against Russian Veronika Kudermetova.
Tomljanovic had earlier completed a first-round win over German wildcard Sabine Lisicki 6-2 7-5 in a match carried over from the previous evening.