A round-up of Thursday's action on the WTA Tour, including a defeat for Caroline Garcia, and the latest betting.
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Germany's Tatjana Maria progressed to the quarter-finals of the Bucharest Open after Argentinian Nadia Podoroska retired from Thursday's match.
Maria led 4-1 at the point of Podoroska's withdrawal with an arm injury but she is an 11/1 outsider for the title ahead of her clash with Spanish second seed Carla Suarez Navarro, who is the 2/1 favourite, on Friday.
Pauline Parmentier of France also reached the final eight, following her 3-6 6-4 6-4 defeat of Belgium's Elise Mertens. She will face Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, who overcame compatriot Jaqueline Cristian 6-4 6-0.
There was also a victory for Alexandra Dulgheru, who defeated Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4 4-6 6-2 to progress to Friday's quarter-finals against Germany's Julia Goerges.
In the Gstaad Championship in Switzerland, Dutch second seed Kiki Bertens defeated German Anna Zaja 6-4 6-2 and will meet Sweden's Johanna Larsson in the last eight on Friday.
Bertens is 9/4 second favourite for the title behind Anett Kontaveit (13/8) while Larsson, who had earlier overcome Austria's Barbara Haas 1-6 7-5 6-1, is 6/1.
France's Caroline Garcia was eliminated by Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic after a 7-5 7-6 (7-1) defeat which takes Martincova into the final eight against Germany's Antonia Lottner, who beat Patty Schnyder 7-6 2-6 6-3.
