NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — Second-seeded defending champion Petra Kvitova rallied to beat Madison Keys 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Wednesday night in the third round of the Connecticut Open. “The conditions (without the humidity) were perfect for me, for sure,” said Kvitova, who revealed several weeks ago that she has mononucleosis. “I felt good and I didn't really have any troubles.” The Czech player also won the event in 2012. Kvitova will face seventh-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the quarterfinals. Radwanska beat France's Alize Cornet 6-4, 6-2. Fifth-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic topped Ukraine's Olga Savchuk 6-4, 6-1 in 52 minutes to set up a match against lucky-loser Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine. Tsurenko got into the field Sunday after top-seeded Simona Halep pulled out because of an injury. With fourth-seeded Lucile Safarova advancing Tuesday, the Czech Republic has three players in the quarterfinals. Safarova will play Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova. Third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark outlasted Italian qualifier Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (9-7) to advance in a tournament she has won four times (2008-11). Wozniacki will play France's Caroline Garcia. Anderson thru, Tsonga out Second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa and No. 13 seed Steve Johnson of the US were among four seeded players to advance Wednesday to the quarterfinals at the Winston-Salem Open. Anderson, ranked 15th in the world, beat 2014 finalist Jerzy Janowicz of Poland 7-6 (2), 6-4 at the Wake Forest Tennis Center. Johnson, the lone American remaining, topped third-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4). Anderson will face 18-year-old Borna Coric of Croatia Thursday. The eighth-seeded Coric beat Argentina's Diego Schwartzman 6-2, 6-1. Johnson, ranked No. 49, had appeared in command of the match after breaking Tsonga's serve in the first set. But Tsonga fought back in the second set, breaking back on Johnson in the deciding game. Tsonga, who had 13 aces, was down 2-1 and on serve in the tiebreaker when he double faulted. That began a run of four consecutive points for Johnson, who was able to serve out the match after giving up three match points. On Thursday, Johnson will take on Taiwan's Yen-Hsun Lu, a 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5 winner over South Korea's Hyeon Chung. Also, sixth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil beat 11th-seedeed Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-4; Tunisia's Malek Jaziri beat 15th-seeded Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia 7-5, 6-4; France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Britain's Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-0; and Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta topped Italy's Simone Bolelli 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. In the other quarterfinals, Bellucci will face Jaziri; and Herbert will meet Carreno Busta. — Agencies
