Dutch Bertens Reaches Qatar Total Open Quarterfinals

Doha, February 13 (QNA) - Fifth seed Kiki Bertens reached the quarterfinals of Qatar Total Open after beating 2016 Qatar Open champion Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in three sets, 2/6, 6/1, 6/1. Elise Mertens of Belgium beat Kristyna Pliskova of Czech Republic 6-2, 7-6 in 1. Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic beat qualifier Anna Blinkova of Russia 6-6, 3-6, 6-0 in 1 hour and 54 minutes. Strycova fired two aces in her fighting win. Karolina Muchova also defeated Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei 6-2, 6-4. (QNA)