Sara Sorribes goes to the quarterfinals after the abandonment of Juvan

The Spanish Sara Sorribes, Seventh in seed, advanced this Wednesday to the quarterfinals of the Monterrey Tennis Open, by defeating the Slovenian Kaja Juvan by no show.

Shortly before the game, Juvan announced an ailment, which allowed the Spanish, 57 on the world list, to access the phase of the eight best, in which she will face the Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 winner of Italian Jasmine Paolini.

In the first set, Schmiedlova faced problems to settle in, the Italian broke her serve easily, but after that the Slovak took over the match, He was superior with his serve and took advantage of the unforced errors of the rival, who had five double faults.

This Wednesday the 19-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernández confirmed herself as one of the promising players on the WTA circuit by leading 6-1, 6-4 over Slovak Kristina Kucova.

After eliminating first seed American Sloane Sthepens in the first round, Kucova arrived excited, but soon Fernández, made him two breaks, and took the first command 6-1.

Fernández will face Slovak Viktoria Kuzmova on Friday, winner 6-4, 6-3 to the British Harriet Hart.

The Open is played on a hard court in Monterrey, northern Mexico, with a prize pool of $ 235,238, will continue this Thursday with the remaining matches of the round of 16.

China's Saisai Zheng, third seed, will face her compatriot Lin Zhu, American Ann Li, eighth seeded, Slovenian Tamara Zidanzek, the Swiss Viktorija Golubic to the American Lauren Davis and the Russian Anna Kalinskaya to the Serbian Nina Stojanovic.