Puig and Shvedova coast through

17 April 2015 12:01

Seeded pair Monica Puig and Yaroslava Shvedova booked their spots in the quarter-final of the Claro Open Colsanitas with ease after respective straight sets victories in Bogota.

Second seed Puig hit back from 4-2 down in the first set to seal a 6-4 6-2 win over America's Nicole Gibbs in the Colombian capital.

The Puerto Rican will next play fifth seed Yaroslava Shvedova in the last eight after the Kazakh booked her last-eight spot by trouncing American qualifier Sachia Vickery 6-0 6-2.

Julia Glushko eased to a 6-4 6-2 win over Russia's Alexandra Panova and the Israeli will next face home hope Mariana Duque-Marino, who was a 6-4 6-4 winner over Germany's Tatjana Maria.

Source: PA