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Japan’s Mai Hontama upset fifth-seeded Nadia Podoroska of Argentina 6-3, 6-3 within the Round of 16 on Wednesday on the Japan Open in Osaka.
Hontama received 80 % (24 of 30) of her first-serve factors, in comparison with 68 % (24 of 42) for Podoroska within the match lasting 1 hour, 27 minutes.
Third-seeded Xinyu Wang of China transformed 4 of eight break factors in defeating Jil Teichmann of Switzerland 7-6 (3), 6-3 in 2 hours within the Round of 32.
Other winners within the Round of 16, all in straight units, have been American Ashlyn Krueger, Russian Anna Kalinskaya and sixth seed Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
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Russia’s Anastasia Potapova survived a return-dominated match to upset top-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 6-4, 7-6 (4) within the second spherical at San Diego.
Potapova received simply 51 % of her service factors, whereas Jabeur received solely 46 %. Each participant had considerably extra double faults than aces: 7-1 for Potapova, 9-2 for Jabeur.
Up subsequent for Potapova is a quarterfinal assembly with former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin, who received an all-U.S. matchup vs. Katie Volynets, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. Second-seeded Caroline Garcia of France ousted the United States’ Sloane Stephens 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals have been third-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece, fourth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic, and U.S. gamers Emma Navarro and Danielle Collins.
In the final match of the night time, seventh-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil opposed Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk.
–Field Level Media