The Swiss teenage tennis talent Celine Naef continues with her strong performance at the WTA 250 Libema Open in The Netherlands and qualified for the quarterfinals after defeated the 8th-seeded Caty McNally (USA) by 2-1 (3:6, 6:4, 6:3) in 2:05 hours of play.
The Swiss teenage, who plays for the first in the main scheme of a WTA tournament, saved three set points in the first set, but finally lost it. However, she succeeded to equalize after two breaks in the second set and overturned the third set after losing by 0:3 to 6:3.
In the quarter-finals, Celine Naef will face the top-seeded Veronika Kudermetova (Russia), who eliminated Carol Zhao (Canada) after 2-0 (6:1, 6:3) in 70 minutes of play.
The 4th-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) also advanced to the quarter-finals after defeating Kimberly Birrell (Australia) by 2-0 (6:4, 7:6) and will face the American player Emina Bekta, who eliminated her compatriot Sachia Vickery by 2-0 (6:4, 6:4).
The 6th-seeded Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Canada) lost in the second round of the tournament to Viktoria Hruncakova (Slovakia) by 0-2 (6:7, 3:6). In the next round the Slovakian player will face Ashlyn Krueger (USA), who served another surprise eliminating the third-seeded Victoria Azarenka (Belarus).
The last quarter-final is between the second-seeded Liudmila Samsonova (Russia) and the 7th-seeded Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus)
