EASTBOURNE: Belinda Bencic reached her second grass-court quarter-final of the summer on Wednesday, with the Swiss teenager advancing 6-4, 3-0 as opponent Eugenie Bouchard retired injured in Eastbourne.

Bouchard lasted 54 minutes before calling for the trainer to treat an apparent abdominal injury.

The Canadian could now face a fitness race before the Monday start at the All England club.

After a consultation, Bouchard retired to send Bencic into a Thursday contest against the winner from Spanish 14th seed Garbine Muguruza and Briton Johanna Konta.

Bencic, meanwhile, reached the final on grass in the Netherlands 10 days ago, losing to Camila Giorgi.

She broke Bouchard three times as the Canadian suffered at Devonshire Park.

Results:

Third round: Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-1; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x9) bt Karolmna Plmskova (CZE x8) 6-2, 6-1; Belinda Bencic (SUI) bt Euginie Bouchard (CAN x7) 6-4, 3-0 – retired; Johanna Konta (GBR) bt Garbine Muguruza (ESP x14) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Andrea Petkovic (GER x10) bt Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-3, 6-4; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x2) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-1.

STRAIGHT SET WIN FOR BAGHDATIS

NOTTINGHAM: Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus brushed aside his German opponent Alexander Zverev in straight sets in the third round of the Nottingham Open on Wednesday.

Ukraine’s Aleksandr Dolgopolov sent Dominic Thiem packing in the same fashion with the score being 6-3, 6-3.

In other matches, Simone Bolelli, Leonardo Mayer, Denis Istomin and Sam Querrey came out victorious.

Results:

Third round: Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Alexander Zverev (GER) 6-3, 6-3; Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA x8) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Leonardo Mayer (ARG x4) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE x16) 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/5); Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 7-5, 6-4; Aleksandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Dominic Thiem (AUT x7) 6-3, 6-3; Sam Querrey (USA x12) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU x5) 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/3).

Published in Dawn, June 25th, 2015

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