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Slovakian teenager Mia Pohankova knocked out former champion Naomi Osaka in straight units Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
The 18-year-old upstart defeated the seventh-seeded Japanese star 6-3, 7-5 in 95 minutes for the largest win of her profession. Ranked No. 659 at the moment final yr, Pohankova saved her cool and saved two break factors within the second set earlier than breaking Osaka to finish the match.
Pohankova will face Alycia Parks, a 6-3, 6-1 winner over Australia’s Kimberly Birrell. World No. 1 and high seed Elena Rybakina moved into the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Kazakhstan compatriot Yulia Putintseva. She will meet Canada’s Leylah Fernandez, who posted a 6-2, 7-6 (8) win over No. 5 Elise Mertens of Belgium.
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No. 4 Lilli Tagger of Austria was the one seeded participant to outlive the day in China, shifting into the quarterfinals of the WTA 250 occasion with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Poland’s Magda Linette in simply 67 minutes.
Two different high seeds fell in three-set matches. China’s Xinran Sun outlasted No. 7 Maria Timofeeva of Uzbekistan 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) and Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann rallied previous No. 6 Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Also advancing to the ultimate eight had been Spain’s Kaitlin Quevedo with a 7-5, 6-3 defeat of Hungary’s Anna Bondar, and Claire Liu by way of walkover towards Czech Katerina Siniakova.
–Field Level Media