Haddad Maria outlasts Svitolina in Bad Homburg thriller
Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia in action. Maia edged out seventh seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) in an enthralling last 16 clash on the Bad Homburg grass on Wednesday. Frank Molter/dpa
Unseeded Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia edged out seventh seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) in an enthralling last 16 clash on the Bad Homburg grass on Wednesday.
Haddad Maia, who converted her fifth match point after 2 hours and 27 minutes of their first ever meeting, will face second seeded Italian Jasmine Paolini in the last eight on Thursday.
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Paolini is last year's Wimbledon runner-up and is honing her game ahead of the London grass grand slam beginning on Monday.
Eighth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Greece's Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 in the tournament near Frankfurt and next meets fourth seed Iga Świątek, who won in the last 16 on Tuesday.
Top seed Jessica Pegula takes on fellow American Emma Navarro, who was also already through having defeated Naomi Osaka on Tuesday, in Thursday's quarters.
The final last-eight clash will involve Linda Noskova after she progressed on Wednesday.
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