Seed Errani, Schmiedlova reach Gastein Ladies quarters

The Slovakian was broken twice in the opening set but won nine straight games from 3-2 in the second set.

Sam Stosur has reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Nurnberger GasteinLadies.

Meanwhile, former champion Julia Goerges defeated Risa Ozaki of Japan 6-3 6-4to set up a second-round clash with Daria Kasatkina of Russian Federation, who beat Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia 6-3 6-1.

The second-seeded Australian only needed 49 minutes to dispatch Koukalova.

German tennis player Anna-Lena Friedsam was carried off the court on a stretcher after spraining her ankle while leading Klara Koukalova of Czech Republic 6-1, 4-0 in the first round of the Gastein Ladies on Monday.

Portugal’s Joao Sousa upset third-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the Croatia Open Wednesday.

Bellucci’s victory left 2011 Bastad victor Robin Soderling as the last Swede to have reached the quarterfinals or better in the tournament. Other first-round winners included Polona Hercog of Slovenia, Maryna Zanevska of Ukraine, Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands, and Annika Beck of Germany.

In first-round play, Errani sweated to get past Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-4, 6-4.

Top seed Errani was a 6-4 6-4 victor over Sasnovich in round one at the clay-court event in Austria. Berrer had 23 aces, six more than his opponent.

Also, Andreea Mitu of Romania saved two match points before beating Austrian wild-card entry Barbara Haas 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5).