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Stakusic, a 19-year-old Canadian who is ranked
155th in the world, won the last nine points of the 3-hour,
4-minute match to reach her first career WTA quarterfinal.
Next up, Stakusic will oppose fifth-seeded Magdalena Frech of
Poland, who defeated the United States' Ashlyn Krueger 3-6, 6-3,
6-1.
In earlier action, French No. 4 seed Caroline Garcia got past
Japan's Ena Shibahara 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5).
Garcia ran out to a 4-1 lead in the first-set tiebreaker before
finishing the job. Neither player broke serve in the second set,
and Garcia slipped behind 4-3 in the ensuing tiebreaker before
winning three straight points and eventually winning her second
match point.
Garcia hit 10 aces and saved 5 of 6 break points in the 1-hour,
50-minute battle.
Her quarterfinal opponent will be sixth-seeded Marie Bouzkova of
the Czech Republic, who handled Italy's Lucrezia Stefanini 6-2,
6-1.
Jasmin Open Tunisia
Eva Lys of Germany toppled No. 1 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium
1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the round of 16 in Monastir, Tunisia.
Lys ran out to a 4-0 lead in the first set before Mertens won
the next four games. Mertens briefly led the set 6-5, but Lys
forced a tiebreaker that wound up swinging back and forth until
Lys won the final three points to cement the upset.
Mertens out-aced her opponent 7-0 but also committed seven
double faults and won a mere third (13 of 39) of her
second-serve points.
No. 7 seed Lucia Bronzetti of Italy beat Ann Li of the U.S. 6-4,
7-6 (3), while Croatian Antonia Ruzic eased past British foe
Yuriko Miyazaki 6-3, 6-1. Also, Turkey's Zeynep Sonmez saved 13
of 18 break points while posting a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory over
Belgian sixth seed Greet Minnen.
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