WTA roundup: Andorran qualifier earns marathon win in Merida

Field Level Media
26 Feb 2026, 11:49 GMT+10

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Andorran qualifier Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva advanced to her third career WTA Tour quarterfinal by outlasting eighth-seeded Magda Linette of Poland 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Wednesday in the Merida (Mexico) Open Akron.

The match lasted 3 hours, 20 minutes, tied for the fourth longest on the tour this year. Jimenez Kasintseva closed the victory by breaking serve in the final game, converting her third match.

Fourth-seeded Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic advanced out of the second round when defending champion Emiliana Arango of Colombia retired due to a shoulder injury. Arango won the first set 6-2, then lost the second 6-1 and trailed 2-0 in the third when she halted the match.

Great Britain's Katie Boulter and Spain's Cristina Bucsa also snagged quarterfinal berths.

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China's Yue Yuan, the event's 2024 champion, rolled past Hungary's Dalma Galfi 6-3, 6-2 in the second round at Austin, Texas.

Yuan never faced a break point in the match while converting three of her eight break opportunities.

The United States' Taylor Townsend downed the Czech Republic's Nikola Bartunkova 6-1, 6-4, and Switzerland's Rebeka Masarova got past the United States' Whitney Osuigwe 7-6 (2), 6-3 in a matchup of qualifiers.

Russia's Oksana Selekhmeteva eliminated Kazakhstan's Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 7-5.

--Field Level Media

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