Croat Donna Vekic moved into the last 8 of the Australian Open by winning against Czech Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 at Melbourne Park on Monday night.
Vekic, ranked No 64, will play Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the No 5 seed, next.
The Croat beat Russian qualifier Oksana Selekhmeteva (6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7)), Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 18 seed (6-3, 6-0) and Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz (6-2, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds, Fruhvirtova, ranked No 82, won against Australian wildcard Jaimee Fourlis (6-0, 6-4), Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell (6-3, 6-2) and Marketa Vondrousova (7-5, 2-6, 6-3).
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other last 16 results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 24.297.942, most recent results first):
- Karolina Pliskova (30) beat Shuai Zhang (23): 6-0, 6-4
- Magda Linette vs. Caroline Garcia: monday
- Aryna Sabalenka beat Belinda Bencic (12): 7-5, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (24) beat Lin Zhu: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Barbora Krejcikova (20): 7-5, 6-2
- Jelena Ostapenko (17) beat Coco Gauff (7): 7-5, 6-3
- Elena Rybakina (22) beat Iga Swiatek (1): 6-4, 6-4
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