Pegula, Paolini and Świątek all through to last eight in Bad Homburg
Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek in action against Belarus' Victoria Azarenka during their women's singles round of 16 match of the Bad Homburg Open Tennis Tournament. Arne Dedert/dpa
Jessica Pegula and Jasmine Paolini had contrasting victories on the Bad Homburg grass on Tuesday as the two top seeds progressed to the last eight.
The tournament near Frankfurt is among the last before Wimbledon starts on Monday.
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Top seed Pegula of the US quickly dispatched qualifier Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 6-2 in just over an hour.
But number two seed Paolini of Italy needed 2 hours and 32 minutes to beat Canadian Leylah Fernandez 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (8-6) in the joint second-longest two-set WTA match of 2025 so far.
Poland's Iga Świątek, the fourth seed who has never won Wimbledon despite five grand slam titles, also got through the last 16 after beating fellow former world number one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-4, 6-4.
Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini celebrates after defeating Canada's Leylah Fernandez during their women's singles round of 16 match of the Bad Homburg Open Tennis Tournament. Arne Dedert/dpa
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