MOSCOW (Reuters) - Lesia Tsurenko upset second-seeded Coco Vandeweghe on Wednesday to reach the quarter-final of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, while top-seed Kristina Mladenovic was knocked out by Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Tsurenko, who took control of the match early in the first set, defeated Vandeweghe 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 in just over two hours. She will face seventh-seeded Julia Goerges, who beat Yulia Putintseva in 6-3 6-3 on Wednesday. Begu will face Belarusian qualifier Vera Lapko in the quarter-final after she beat Daria Gavrilova 6-3 3-1 after the Australian retired hurt. Cornet will face Russia's Natalia Vikhlyantseva, who upset third-seeded Elena Vesnina 7-6 6-4.

Source: The Star October 18, 2017 19:52 UTC