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No. 2 seed Caroline Garcia of France won't be
joining Pegula in the quarters. Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk defeated
Garcia 6-2, 6-3 in just 64 minutes on Thursday. Pegula will face
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in the next round, while Kostyuk will
face eighth seed and defending champion Liudmila Samsonova of
Russia.
The last match in the round of 16, pitting fourth seed Maria
Sakkari of Greece against Canadian Leylah Fernandez, was
postponed from late Thursday to noon local time Friday due to
rain. The winner will face seventh-seeded Madison Keys in a
quarterfinal match.
Livesport Prague Open
Fourth seed Linda Noskova rallied past India's Ankita Raina 1-6,
7-5, 6-1 in her native Czech Republic.
Noskova, who had to overcome 10 double faults and a measly
2-for-9 showing in break points saved, is the highest seed
standing in Prague after the top three seeds all lost in the
first round.
No. 6 seed Alize Cornet of France needed three hours and 17
minutes to beat Estonia's Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (1), 5-7, 6-4. Anna
Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia ousted ninth seed Xiyu Wang of
China 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6).
Germany's Tamara Korpatsch led 4-0 when Belgium's Yanina
Wickmayer retired just 18 minutes into their match. Japan's Nao
Hibino and the Czech Republic's Tereza Martincova also advanced
to the quarterfinals.
--Field Level Media
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