Surprisingly, the young American is through to the quarterfinals in Ostrava.
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Alycia Parks is a name that has sneaked into the quarterfinals of a major event like the WTA 500 Ostrava. And he has also done it by matching a fact of the recently retired Serena Williams.
Coming from the qualy, Parks has been able to hit the table twice in the Czech tournament: first by eliminating the local Karolina Pliskovaand this Thursday at Maria Sakkari (5-7, 7-5 and 7-5) to get his first success against a top-10.
And it is precisely this that she has achieved that puts her on a par with the winner of 23 Grand Slams: they are the only two American tennis players outside the top-100 who have beaten a player within the Top 10 of the WTA ranking. The legend did it in the past US Open when he surpassed Anett Kontaveit.
This is how the quarterfinals will be played at the WTA 500 in Ostrava:
Iga Swiatek (POL) vs Caty McNally (USA)
Tereza Martincova (CZE) vs Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS)
Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) vs Alycia Parks (USA)
Elena Rybakina (KAZ) vs Petra Kvitova (CZE)
133 – Alycia Parks (ranked #133) is the second American female player ranked outside the top-100 to win against a top-10 opponent this season, after Serena Williams versus Anett Kontaveit at the US Open. Surprise.@WTA @WTA_insider pic.twitter.com/eiBlJtVpQ5
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