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THE BREAK: Venus and grass-court season prep

World No. 152 Ashlyn Krueger scored the first Top 20 victory of her career on Wednesday in 's-Hertogenbosch.

The 19-year-old American ousted 19th-ranked Victoria Azarenka, 6-3, 6-2, to secure her place in the Libema Open quarterfinals. Krueger broke the No. 3 seed four times, while saving four of the five break points against her serve to advance after 73 minutes.

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Krueger has dropped eight games in her two wins this week.

Krueger has dropped eight games in her two wins this week.

Top seed Veronika Kudermetova also breezed into the final eight with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Carol Zhao. The world No. 14 improved to 20-12 on the season, one that includes four semifinal showings thus far.

In Nottingham, 2021 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Viktorija Golubic knocked out fourth-seeded Donna Vekic, 6-4, 6-1, in a second-round meeting. The 30-year-old Swiss, who lost in the opening round of Roland Garros qualifying, picked up a pair of wins at the $100k ITF event in Surbiton coming into this WTA 250 event.