Britain’s Emma Raducanu defeated Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer 6-3 7-5 to progress to the Korea Open final eight in Seoul.
Raducanu, ranked 77th on the planet, broke Wickmayer’s serve 3 times in a row on the finish of the primary set to seal the opener.
A cagey second set ended with Raducanu breaking as soon as extra, after being taken to deuce within the earlier sport.
The 19-year-old will play Poland’s world quantity 51 Magda Linette subsequent.
Victory over Linette could be the primary time Raducanu has received three matches in a single event since her extraordinary run to the US Open title in September 2021.
World quantity 460 Wickmayer, who was ranked as excessive as twelfth on the planet earlier than taking a break for the start of her first little one in 2021, grew into the match and threatened to take the competition to a decider.
However Raducanu, who has been working with Russian coach Dmitry Tursunov since July, stored her composure and consistency to see out the win.
Elsewhere, defending champion Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo as a result of sickness.
The 24-year-old was resulting from play Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia within the second spherical.
“This has and all the time will probably be a particular event for me and I want I might have stepped on court docket right this moment, however my physique will not let me,” she mentioned.
The four-time Grand Slam winner, who has slipped to forty eighth on the planet, had received solely one in every of her earlier seven matches earlier than arriving in her native Japan. Her first-round victory over Daria Saville got here after the Australian tore knee ligaments of their match on Tuesday.
