Shock win for German wild-card Barrois in Stuttgart tennis

Wild-card Kristina Barrois said her shock win over eighth seed Marion Bartoli on Wednesday at Stuttgart's WTA tournament would boost her ailing mother who is suffering from a brain tumour.

Germany's Kristina Barrois reacts during her second round match against Marion Bartoli of France of the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix tournament in Stuttgart, southern Germany. Barrois won the match 6-4, 6-2.

The 29-year-old German, ranked 79th in the world, pulled off her biggest win of the year -- and one of the biggest of her career -- when she enjoyed a 6-4, 6-2 victory over the French star, ranked 12th in the world, in just 85 minutes.
"My mother is very ill, she has a brain tumour," said Barrois.
"Things are getting increasingly difficult at home, but every victory helps of course."
In Thursday's quarter-finals, Barrois will face Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska who put out Italy's French Open champion Francesca Schiavone with an impressive 6-1, 6-3 victory.
Barrois's win on Wednesday made her the first German to make the Stuttgart quarter-finals in over a decade.