{"id":890304,"date":"2026-10-22T03:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890304\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T03:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:34:15","slug":"ningbo-open-2026-marie-bouzkova-advances-to-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890304\/","title":{"rendered":"Ningbo Open 2026: Marie Bouzkov\u00e1 Advances to Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marie Bouzkov\u00e1 moved into the 2026 Ningbo Open quarterfinals on Wednesday, beating lucky loser Anastasia Zakharova 7-5, 6-2 in China. The <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/wta-rankings-us-open-rybakina-no-1-update\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"40017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">world No. 26<\/a> from Czechia needed some time to find her footing against the 24-year-old Russian, though, eventually pulling clear in the second set after a tight opener.<\/p>\n<p>Bouzkov\u00e1 Fights Back in 1 Set Against Lucky Loser Zakharova<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zakharova held a 5-4 edge in that first frame, forcing Bouzkov\u00e1 to reel off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscapemagazine.com\/blog\/marie-bouzkova-beats-anastasia-zakharova-ningbo-open-quarterfinals\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sportscapemagazine.com\/blog\/marie-bouzkova-beats-anastasia-zakharova-ningbo-open-quarterfinals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">three straight games<\/a> and save multiple set points to take it 7-5. From there, the Czech&#8217;s serve took over. She held 70% of her service games and converted six of 13 break chances. Meanwhile Zakharova&#8217;s 45% first-serve points won rate left too many doors open as the match wore on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result lifts Bouzkov\u00e1&#8217;s 2026 record to 33-20 and sets up a quarterfinal meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/sara-bejlek-defeats-aryna-sabalenka-cincinnati-open-2026\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/sara-bejlek-defeats-aryna-sabalenka-cincinnati-open-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sara Bejlek<\/a> at the WTA 500 event. It&#8217;s the fifth time this year that she&#8217;s traveled that deep in a tournament. Her last quarterfinal appearance came in Prague over the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Zakharova, ranked No. 111, the <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/alex-eala-ningbo-open-2026\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/alex-eala-ningbo-open-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">second-round exit<\/a> is still something to be proud of. She entered the main draw for the first time after <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/iga-swiatek-injury-ningbo-open\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/iga-swiatek-injury-ningbo-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Iga \u015awi\u0105tek withdrew<\/a> due to injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marie Bouzkov\u00e1 moved into the 2026 Ningbo Open quarterfinals on Wednesday, beating lucky loser Anastasia Zakharova 7-5, 6-2&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[373266,373267,67263,66328,99,428,119263],"class_list":["post-890304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-2026-ningbo-open","tag-2026-wta-tour","tag-anastasia-zakharova","tag-marie-bouzkova","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-wta-finals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}