Radwanska advances, Riske faces Wickmayer
NOTTINGHAM, England – Former Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska dropped just four games against Christina McHale on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the grass-court Nottingham Open, where she will meet another American.
The top-seeded Radwanska won 6-3, 6-1 in the second round of the Wimbledon warm-up tournament, and next plays Lauren Davis.
Radwanksa has had a poor 2015, and lost in the first round of the recent French Open, but favors the grass surface and has won two matches this week for the loss of seven games. She lost in the 2012 Wimbledon final to Serena Williams in three sets.
Ana Konjuh of Croatia beat sixth-seeded Casey Dellacqua 6-4, 6-2, while Yanina Wickmayer and Johanna Konta were also second-round winners.
Peters Township native Alison Riske, who defeated Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-3, 6-4, Wednesday, will face Wickmayer in today’s quarterfinals.
Riske, the fifth seed in the tournament, is ranked 48th in the ATP rankings, while Wickmayer, ranked 92nd, advanced to the quarterfinals with a straight-set win over Bojana Jovanovski.
Riske, 24, has played in the past five tournaments at Wimbledon, advancing to the round of 32 in each of the past two years. She has won $164,776 already this season, putting her at just under $1.4 million in winnings for her career.