Several players reminded the world of their quality this week, with strong showings on the courts of Athens and Iasi.<\/p>\n
Zheng defeated Micic in Athens, breaking through to her first quarterfinal in 13 months. After a difficult stretch, the result marks a return to the standard that once defined her game.<\/p>\n
Parks had her own moment of salvation in the same tournament. She saved a match point against Hontama in Athens and went on to advance past Hontama in Athens. That escape proved crucial\u2014it kept her alive and sent her deeper into the draw.<\/p>\n
Bejlek’s victory over Tagger in Athens carried real significance. She reached her first quarterfinal since winning the Abu Dhabi title, reclaiming the quarterfinal stage after her earlier success in the Gulf.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Iasi, Marcinko defeated Avanesyan in two tiebreaks to reach the quarterfinals. Both sets went to the tiebreak format, with neither player willing to give an inch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Zheng reaches her first quarterfinal in 13 months with a win over Micic in Athens, while Parks saves match point and Bejlek returns to the quarterfinals. Marcinko advances in Iasi via two-set tiebreak victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wta-tour"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n