Barcelona: Yuliya Beygelzimer survived tense moment to pull up an upset 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-4 victory over the fifth seeded Flavia Pennetta to move into the quarter finals of the Barcelona Ladies Open here on Thursday. This is for the first time would see be featuring in a WTA quarterfinal.

Meanwhile Dominika Cibulkova seeded third also made it to the quarter finals by defeating Klara Zakopalova 5-7 6-4 6-4, whereas Julia Georges seeded second defeated Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco, 7-5 5-7 6-2 to make it to the round of last eight.