Quebec City (AFP) – Kazakstan’s Sesil Karatantcheva, seeking her first WTA title, rallied to defeat French third seed Kristina Mladenovic 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the WTA Quebec City quarter-finals.Karatantcheva, ranked 195th, benefitted from 11 double faults by Mladenovic to advance. She will next face either Hungarian eighth seed Timea Babos or Croatian Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.Booking a last-eight date were US fourth seed Shelby Rogers and Germany’s Tatjana Maria.Rogers outlasted compatriot Asia Muhammad 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/5) while Maria ousted American Madison Brengle 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.Czech Andrea Hlavackova opened by defeating Poland’s Paula Kania 6-3, 6-0. She will face …read more
Source: Business Insider
