China’s Qinwen Zheng recorded a 6-3, 6-2 victory over top-seeded Paula Badosa of Spain on Wednesday within the second spherical of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
Zheng, 19, accomplished the upset in 78 minutes after profitable 11 of the final 13 video games to arrange a quarterfinal conflict in opposition to Claire Liu, who posted a 6-4, 6-1 win over Elise Mertens of Belgium.
Shuai Zhang of China additionally notched an upset on Wednesday with a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) victory over second-seeded Caroline Garcia of France.
Luidmila Samsonova of Russia posted a win over Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, whereas third-seeded Garbine Muguruza of Spain polished off a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Greek qualifier Despina Papamichail.
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Second-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova breezed to a 6-1, 6-3 win over home-country favourite Na-Lae Han throughout a second-round match in Seoul.
Alexandrova recorded three aces and overcame 4 double faults to finish the match in 62 minutes.
Like Alexandrova, fourth-seeded Lin Zhu of China, sixth-seeded Emma Raducanu of Great Britain and seventh-seeded Tatjana Maria of Germany secured straight-set wins. Zhu posted a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Ankita Raina of India, Raducanu seized a 6-2, 6-4 overcome Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima and Maria cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 win over Australian Kimberly Birrell.
Eighth-seeded Canadian Rebecca Marino was not as lucky. Andorra’s Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva took down Marino 6-4, 6-2.
–Field Level Media