Seeds tumble in Luxembourg, Moscow

Seeds have fallen thick and fast in Moscow and Luxembourg and the WTA quarter final line ups are nothing like what was envisaged before the tournaments began.

Moscow results

WTA 

Second round 

• Qualifier Vera Zvonareva defeated Karolina Pliskova (2) 6-1 6-2.

This was the first victory over a top ten player in seven years for the former world number two, and it confirmed a spot in the WTA Finals for Elina Svitolina.

Now Pliskova will lose her place in the WTA Finals should Kiki Bertens reach the Moscow semi finals.

• Qualifier Ons Jabeur defeated wildcard Sloane Stephens (3) 6-3 6-2.  

The upset win catapulted Jabeur into her first quarter final at a Premier category tournament.

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated lucky loser Valentini Grammatikopoulou 7-5 6-0
• Daria Kasatkina (6) defeated Alizé Cornet 3-6 7-5 6-4, and will play Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarter finals 
• Johanna Konta defeated Dasha Gavrilova 6-4 3-6 6-3
• Anett Kontaveit (8) defeated Kiki Mladenovic 6-2 7-6(3), and will play Ons Jabeur in the quarter finals 
• Anastasija Sevastova (5) defeated Yulia Putintseva 7-5 4-6 6-4, and will play Vera Zvonareva in the quarter finals

• Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Kiki Bertens (4) 6-3 4-6 6-3. 

This squashed the hopes of a berth in the WTA Finals for the Netherlands number one player.  

Sasnovich will play Johanna Konta in an unseeded quarter final.

ATP 

First round 

• Pierre-Hugues Herbert defeated qualifier Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-4

Second round

• Adrian Mannarino defeated Marco Cecchinato (1) 6-2 6-3
• Qualifier Egor Gerasimov defeated Benoit Paire 6-4 6-4, and will play Adrian Mannarino in the quarter finals 
• Wildcard Karen Khachanov (3) defeated qualifier Lukas Rosol 6-4 7-5
• Lucky loser Ricardas Berankis defeated Aljaz Bedene 3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(5)

ATP Antwerp 

First round 

• Lucky loser Salvatore Caruso defeated Yuki Bhambri 7-6(6) 5-7 6-1
• Cameron Norrie defeated qualifier Marcel Granollers 6-3 6-2

Second round

• Richard Gasquet (4) defeated Jiri Vesely 6-3 4-6 6-3
• Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Feliciano López 6-1 3-6 7-6(3), and will play Richard Gasquet in the quarter finals 
• Gilles Simon (5) defeated Mackenzie McDonald 6-1 6-1
• Vasek Pospisil defeated wildcard Milos Raonic (3) 7-6(3) 7-5

ATP Stockholm 

First round 

• Qualifier Oscar Otte defeated lucky loser Jürgen Zopp 6-3 7-5
• Denis Shapovalov (7) defeated qualifier Peter Polansky 6-3 5-7 7-5

Second round 

• Jack Sock (4) defeated wildcard Elias Ymer 7-5 3-6 6-3
• Stéfanos Tsitsipas (3) defeated John Millman 6-4 3-6 6-3
• Wildcard Hyeon Chung (6) defeated Denis Kudla 6-3 6-3

WTA Luxembourg 

Second round 

• Julia Goerges (1) defeated Anna Blinkova 6-1 6-4
• Donna Vekic (6) defeated wildcard Fiona Ferro 2-6 6-1 7-5, and will play Julia Goerges in the quarter finals 
• Qualifier Eugenie Bouchard defeated Carla Suarez Navarro (3) 6-1 6-0
• Andrea Petkovic defeated Katerina Siniakova (5) 6-2 6-3, and will play Eugenie Bouchard in the quarter finals 
• Vera Lapko defeated Pauline Parmentier (8) 7-5 6-2
• Qualifier Belinda Bencic defeated Kirsten Flipkens (9) 6-1 6-3, and will play Vera Lapko in the quarter finals 
• Margarita Gasparyan defeated Dalila Jakupovic 6-4 6-0
• Dayana Yastremska defeated wildcard Garbiñe Muguruza (2) 6-2 6-3, and will play Margarita Gasparyan in the quarter finals