Hong Kong Open: Blinkova books spot in last eight
Anna Blinkova beat Priscilla Hon 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, and Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo in the next round
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Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 5 seed, moved into the last 8 of the Hong Kong Open by defeating Australian Priscilla Hon 6-1, 6-3.
Blinkova, ranked No 37, will face the winner of the match between Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, and Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo next.
Ahead of her victory, the Russian benefited from the abandonment of Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (6-4, 2-6, 5-1).
Hon, ranked No 183, won against wildcard Eudice Wong Chong (7-5, 7-5) in the previous round of the Hong Kong tournament.
Hong Kong WTA 250, other second-round results:
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Alina Korneeva vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Sofya Lansere vs. Elise Mertens
- Martina Trevisan vs. Magdalena Frech
- Xinyu Wang vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Katerina Siniakova: wednesday
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