WTA roundup: Alycia Parks stuns Maria Sakkari at Ostrava
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[October 07, 2022]
Alycia Parks delivered 15 aces
and recorded the first Top 10 win of her career with a 5-7, 7-5, 7-5
triumph over fourth-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece to reach the
quarterfinals of the Agel Open at Ostrava, Czech Republic.
The 21-year-old Parks, ranked 144th in the world, hit 59 winners
against 26 unforced errors while stunning Sakkari, ranked seventh in
the world. Parks will next face Czech Barbora Krejcikova, who won in
a walkover when No. 6 seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland withdrew
due to a left foot injury.
Czech Tereza Martincova led 7-6 (3), 1-0 when third-seeded Anett
Kontaveit of Estonia withdrew due to lower back pain. Ekaterina
Alexandrova beat No. 5 seed and fellow Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-1,
7-6 (1) and Caty McNally notched a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 win over Czech
Karolina Muchova.
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Jasmin Open Monastir
Top-seeded Ons Jabeur had six aces while rolling to a 6-1, 6-3
victory in 55 minutes over Evgeniya Rodina of Russia to reach the
quarterfinals in her homeland of Tunisia.
Second-seeded Veronika Kudermetova of Russia moved
on with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Poland's Magdalena Frech.
Japan's Moyuka Uchijima outlasted fourth-seeded Croatian Petra
Martic 7-5, 7-6 (5). Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek also posted an upset
with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over sixth-seeded Russian Anastasia
Potapova.
--Field Level Media
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