Czech tennis players Bejlek and Bouzková advance to Ningbo quarterfinals

Czech tennis players Sára Bejlek and Marie Bouzková have both advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament in Ningbo, China, where they are set to face each other.

Bejlek secured a significant victory by defeating the world number 17, Sorana Cirstea of Romania, with a score of 7-6, 6-4. Bejlek managed to overcome a deficit in the first set to win the tiebreak and maintained control in the second set through precise play.

Marie Bouzková overcame a difficult start against Russia’s Anastasia Zakharova. After trailing 2-5 in the opening set and facing two set points, Bouzková won five consecutive games to take the set 7-5 before winning the second set 6-2. This marks the first time the two Czech players will face one another on the WTA tour.

In other tennis news, Tomáš Macháč won decisively in Almaty against Zangar Nurlanuly, while Tereza Valentová was eliminated in the second round of the Osaka tournament by Austria’s Lilli Tagger.