Romanian tennis player Elena-Gabriela Ruse pulled off a stunning upset Thursday, defeating third-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 at the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Ruse managed to save eight out of nine break point opportunities during her quarterfinal-advancing victory.
Czech player Barbora Krejcikova, seeded eighth, was the sole seeded competitor to move forward Thursday with her 6-1, 6-4 triumph over Belgium’s Hanne Vandewinkel. Fifth-seeded Anastasia Potapova from Austria was forced to withdraw due to illness while trailing Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez 6-1, 2-0.
American Robin Montgomery, currently ranked 484th globally, defeated Belgium’s Greet Minnen 6-4, 7-6 (4), converting 34 of her 46 first serves for a 73.9% success rate. Poland’s Magda Linette and Ukraine’s Daria Snigur also secured spots in the quarterfinals.
HSBC Championships
Thursday’s entire schedule at the WTA 500 tournament in London was cancelled due to rain.
Top-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan remains scheduled to face Germany’s Tatjana Maria in Round of 16 action that will begin Friday’s competition. Second-seeded Amanda Anisimova and sixth-seeded Iva Jovic are set to meet in an all-American quarterfinal matchup.
