WTA wrap: Julia Goerges and Anastasija Sevastova impress in Moscow
Julia Goerges continued to dominate at the Moscow River Cup with a 6-2 7-6 win over Natalia Vikhlyantseva, with Anastasija Sevastova also going well.
It was Goerges’ tenth win in 11 matches, with her only defeat coming in the Wimbledon semi-final.
She will meet Olga Danilovic in the next round after she became the first 2001-born player to reach a WTA Tour quarter-final in beating Kaia Kanepi.
Welcome to the quarterfinals of the @moscowrivercup, @juliagoerges!
The German wins the match against @NVikhlyantseva in two sets 6-2, 7-6(2)!
Congratulations, Jule! 👏🏼#porschetennis #moscowrivercup pic.twitter.com/sl6RhJddvl— Porsche Tennis (@PorscheTennis) July 25, 2018
Anastasia Potapova, another 2001-born player, is also into the last eight after beating Krystina Pliskova, and she’ll come up against qualifier Valentyna Ivakhnenko.
Recently crowned Gstaad champion Alize Cornet is out, though, suffering a disappointing 4-6 6-2 6-3 defeat to Laura Siegemund.
However, third seed Sevastova had no such worries, overcoming Pauline Parmentier in three.
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