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BAD HOMBURG, Germany — Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep have booked their places in the quarterfinals of the Bad Homburg Open while Sabine Lisicki continued her winning comeback. Defending champion Kerber beat Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 6-3 to set up a meeting with Alizé Cornet. Halep powered past Tamara Zidanšek 6-0, 6-3 to continue her solid start to the grass-court season after reaching the semifinals in Birmingham last week. Amanda Anisimova beat fellow American Ann Li 6-0, 6-2. Lisicki reached the quarterfinals of a full tour event for the first time since February 2018 when she beat Greet Minnen 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
