Korea Open: Veronika Kudermetova joins sister in quarter-finals

Veronika Kudermetova beat second seed Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the last eight of the Korea Open at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul on Wednesday.

Kudermetova, ranked No 44, will face the winner of the match between American Amanda Anisimova and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova next.

This is the first time that Kudermetova has won back-to-back main draw matches on the WTA Tour since Charleston in April.

It was a good day for the Kudermetova family in Seoul with sister Polina also making the quarter-finals earlier in the day, with a win over seventh seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in straight sets.

Ahead of her victory, Veronika Kudermetova won against Chinese Shuai Zhang (6-4, 6-3).

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Tennis Majors

Seoul WTA 500, other second-round matches (Olympic Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 922,573, most recent results first):

• Marta Kostyuk (5) beat Heather Watson (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Polina Kudermetova (LL) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (7): 6-2, 7-5
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Emma Raducanu vs. Yue Yuan
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Viktoriya Tomova