Marie Benoit (N.2) beat the young 19-year-old Russian, Alevtina Ibragimova (WTA 405) in two sets – 6-4, 6-1 – after 1 hour and 51 minutes of play.
The Eupenoise, 29 years old, 188th in the world, will play for a place in the semi-final against the Turkish Berfu Cengiz (WTA 288, 24 years old).
Later in the day, Hanne Vandewinkel, 20 years old, 244th in the world, was eliminated in the round of 16 by the Spaniard Andrea Lazaro Garcia ((WTA 418), 29 years old, a player from the qualifications, with a score of 6- 2, 6-4 The game lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes.
Associated with the Dutch Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, Marie Benoit qualified for the semi-finals. The duo beat the Swedes Tilda Hessleryd and Julia Orswall at the end of the day on Thursday. The game ended with a score of 6-2, 6-4 after 63 minutes of play.
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