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Burrage upset No. 3 seed Magda Linette of
Poland 7-5, 6-3 and Dart knocked off No. 5 seed Anhelina
Kalinina of Ukraine 6-0, 7-5, while Boulter eliminated Ukraine's
Daria Snigur 7-5, 6-3.
American Elizabeth Mandlik completed the upset-filled day with a
7-5, 5-7, 6-3 defeat of No. 7 Camila Giorgi of Italy in two
hours, 26 minutes. Mandlik took advantage of 20 double faults by
Giorgi.
No seeded players remain in the field.
Libema Open
Unseeded Slovakian Viktoria Hruncakova fought off nine set
points and pulled off a 7-6 (6), 6-3 stunner against
sixth-seeded Canadian Bianca Andreescu in 's-Hertogenbosch,
Netherlands.
No. 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia also advanced to the
quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-6 (3) win against Australia's
Kimberly Birrell. Alexandrova's next opponent is Emina Bektas,
who defeated fellow American Sachia Vickery 6-4, 6-4.
Swiss teenager Celine Naef, 17, rallied to beat No. 8 seed Caty
McNally 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Ranked No. 202 in the world, Naef will
face top seed Veronika Kudermetova of Russia in the
quarterfinals.
--Field Level Media
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