Top seeds Alexandrova and Yastremska march on in Hamburg

Top seeds Ekaterina Alexandrova and Dayana Yastremska advanced into the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Open WTA tournament with straight-set victories on Thursday. Russia's Alexandrova ousted 303rd-ranked German wildcard entry Caroline Werner 6-2, 6-2 in 66 minutes on a partly rainy afternoon.

Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova in action against Swiss Belinda Bencic during their women's singles round of 16 match on day eight of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Ben Whitley/PA Wire/dpa
Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova in action against Swiss Belinda Bencic during their women's singles round of 16 match on day eight of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Ben Whitley/PA Wire/dpa

Top seeds Ekaterina Alexandrova and Dayana Yastremska advanced into the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Open WTA tournament with straight-set victories on Thursday.

Russia's Alexandrova ousted 303rd-ranked German wildcard entry Caroline Werner 6-2, 6-2 in 66 minutes on a partly rainy afternoon.

Ukraine's Yastremska needed 15 minutes more to dispatch French player Diane Parry, 6-1, 6-4.

Seventh seeded Hungarian Bondar also advanced in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2 against young Austrian Sinja Kraus. So did Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova in a 6-1, 6-1 demolition of Australian Astra Sharma.

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