WTA roundup: Camila Osorio knocks off No. 1 seed Janice Tjen in Rabat

Yasmine Kabbaj continued her run through her home tournament with a 6-2, 6-4 upset of third-seeded German Tatjana Maria in the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem ​Round of 16 on Wednesday at Rabat, Morocco. Kabbaj is ‌just the second Moroccan to make a WTA quarterfinal in the Open Era, converting 6 of 8 break-point opportunities in the sweep.

WTA roundup: Camila Osorio knocks off No. 1 seed Janice Tjen in Rabat. Yasmine Kabbaj continued her run through her home tournament with a 6-2, 6-4 upset of third-seeded German Tatjana Maria in the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem ​Round of 16 on Wednesday at Rabat, Morocco. Kabbaj is ‌just the second Moroccan to make a WTA quarterfinal in the Open Era, converting 6 of 8 break-point opportunities in the sweep. That was far from the only upset of the day at the event. No. 1 seed ‌Janice ​Tjen of Indonesia fell 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 ⁠to Colombia’s Camila Osorio, ⁠No. 4 Yuliia Starodubtseva lost 6-3, 7-6 (3) to fellow Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina and No. 8 seed Ashley Parks was swept by Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann, 6-3, 6-4. No. 2 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of ​Spain escaped the same fate, rallying for a 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over France’s Fiona...