Wildcard, 16, in Prague quarters
Wildcard, 16, in Prague quarters
By staff writers
Former Australian Captain May 01, 2008
KAROLINA Pliskova came back to beat Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 1-6 6-3 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals of the Prague Open.
The 16-year-old Czech wildcard, who overcame Australian Alicia Molik 6-4 6-4 on Wednesday (EST) for her first victory on the WTA tour, will now play No.3 seed Victoria Azarenka or Tatiana Poutchek, both of Belarus.
Azarenka beat Petra Kvitova 6-3 6-4 in a first-round match.
Also in the second round, Roberta Vinci of Italy defeated Jill Craybas of the United States 6-4 6-4.
In the first round, No.2 seed Shahar Peer of Israel shaded Anna Lapushchenkova of Russia 7-5 7-5 and will next meet Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria.
Vera Dushevina of Russia knocked out Martina Muller of Germany, 6-0 6-2, and Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic defeated Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-3 5-7 6-2.