Thailand Open: Volynets recovers to sweep past Maria and into the quarter-finals

American Katie Volynets reached the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open by winning against German Tatjana Maria, the No 4 seed, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 at the True Arena Hua Hin.

Volynets, ranked No 125, will play the winner of the match between Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, the No 8 seed, and Chinese Yafan Wang next.

The 22-year-old American beat Slovenian Tamara Zidansek (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Hua Hin tournament.

During the first round of the Hua Hin tournament, Maria, ranked No 44, won against Dutch qualifier Arianne Hartono (6-3, 6-1).

Hua Hin WTA 250, other second-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Arina Rodionova vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Yafan Wang
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Lin Zhu
• Yulia Putintseva (7) beat Viktorija Golubic: 7-6, 7-6 (1)
• Xinyu Wang (3) beat Nao Hibino: 7-5, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider beat Paula Badosa: 6-2, 3-4 ret.
• Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Xiyu Wang (5): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5