The 3rd-seeded Belgian tennis player Elise Mertens qualified for the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 Hong Kong Tennis Open after success over Russian qualifier Sofya Lansere by 2-0 (6:3, 7:6). The 27-year-old Elise Mertens, who is WTA No 41, remains the highest ranked in the tournament.
She made a break in the first and last games of the first set and won it with 6:3 in 34 minutes. In the second set, she allowed a break for 5:6, but returned it immediately and succeeded won win the tiebreaker.
In the quarter-finals, the Belgian tennis player will face the 6th-seeded Martina Trevisan (Italy). The Italian tennis player eventually defeated Magdalena Frech (Poland) in three sets and won by 2-1 (6:3, 6:7, 6:3) after 2 hours and 46 minutes.
Leylah Fernandez (Canada) took a kind of rematch from Mirra Andreeva (Russia) and turned over the match to win by 2-1 (3:6, 6:1, 6:3). The 21-year-old Canadian tennis player fell 5 months ago by Mirra Andreeva at the WTA 1000 Madrid Open. At the beginning of the match, Mirra Andreeva made an impressive break and pulled 3:1. But in the second set, Leylah Fernandez showed a new tactic – aggression and movement all over the court. She took 11 out of the next 13 games, and generally she scored points as scored 36 Winners.
Leylah Fernandez’s next opponent is another teenager the 18-year-old Linda Fruhvirtova (Czech Republic), who won by 2-0 (6:3, 7:5) her match versus Alina Korneeva (Russia). The Russian player is 16-years-old and came from the qualifications, but reached the Round of 16 as a confirmation of the titles she won in the girls of Roland Garros and the Australian Open.
