Jacqueline Christian reached the 1/8 finals of the ITF W60 tournament in Zagreb after defeating Arina Rodionova in straight sets.

Jacqueline ChristianPhoto: Rob Prange/Dppi/Zuma Press/Profimedia

Our athlete, who is ranked 159th in the WTA ranking, needed an hour and 34 minutes to defeat the Australian athlete (219th WTA) with a score of 6-3, 6-4.

Thus, Christian (favorite 3) took revenge from a player of Russian origin. Rodionova won the first round of qualifying for Wimbledon 2018 with a score of 6-1, 7-6(5).

In the 1/8 finals of the tournament in Croatia, Jacqueline (favorite 3) will play the winner of the match between Croatian Tena Lukas (222 WTA) and Colombian Emiliana Arango (208 WTA).

Also on Tuesday, Miriam Bulgaru (230 WTA) lost in the first round to Germany’s Ella Seidel (482 WTA, based on qualification), 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.