Barty, Kvitova advance to quarterfinals; Kontaveit ousts Kenin in Stuttgart – WTA Tennis

World No.1 Ashleigh Barty made her Porsche Tennis Grand Prix debut a successful one, ousting 2017 champion Laura Siegemund 6-0, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals in Stuttgart.
Top seed Barty fended off a second-set surge by homeland heroine Siegemund to collect an 84-minute victory and book a meeting in the elite eight with either No.6 seed Karolina Pliskova or Jelena Ostapenko, who will face off on Thursday.
“I felt like I had to really find some good stuff tonight, and even though at times it was…

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