Tokyo: Andreescu into quarter-finals as Haddad Maia retires
The former US Opwn champion will face the winner of the match between No 9 seed Katie Boulter and Japanese lucky loser Kyoka Okamura in the next round
Bianca Andreescu 2024
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Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu moved into the last eight of the WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open when Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the second seed, retired on Wednesday.
Andreescu, ranked No 159, led 3-0 when Haddad Maia, ranked a career-high No 10, pulled out at the Ariake Coliseum. This was her first win over a top 10 player since beating Maria Sakkari (then ranked No 10) in Miami in 2023.
Andreescu snapped a five-match losing streak in the previous round, defeating qualifier Mei Yamaguchi in straight sets. It is her second quarter-final of the 2024 season and her first at a WTA 500 level or above since Rome in 2022.
The Canadian will face the winner of the match between No 9 seed Katie Boulter and Japanese lucky loser Kyoka Okamura next.
This was Haddad Maia’s first loss to a player ranked outside the Top 100 since losing to 17oth-ranked Maria Timofeeva at the 2024 Australian Open. The Brazilian took a medical time out early in the match and then decided she was unable to continue.
Tokyo WTA 500, other second-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):
- Sayaka Ishii (Q) beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Diana Shnaider (6) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-2, 6-2
- Leylah Fernandez (8) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-0, 3-6, 7-5
- Katie Boulter vs. Kyoka Okamura
- McCartney Kessler vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Sofia Kenin vs. Clara Tauson
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Moyuka Uchijima
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