Seoul Open: Linette sets up Raducanu quarter-final in Seoul

Pole Magda Linette, the No 3 seed, beat Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Seoul Open at the Seoul Olympic Park on Thursday night.

Linette, ranked No 51, will face former US Open champion Emma Raducanu, who beat Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets, next.

In the previous round of the Hana Bank Korea Open, the Pole defeated Dutchwoman Arianne Hartono (6-2, 7-5).

Mladenovic, ranked No 135, won against wildcard Sohyun Park (6-4, 4-6, 6-3) in the first round of the Hana Bank Korea Open.

Seoul WTA 250, other second-round results (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Anastasia Gasanova
• Emma Raducanu beat Yanina Wickmayer 6-3, 7-5
• Lulu Sun (Q) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (LL) beat Rebecca Marino (8): 6-4, 6-2
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (2) beat Na-Lae Han (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Tatjana Maria (7) beat Kimberly Birrell: 6-0, 6-3
• Lin Zhu (4) beat Ankita Raina (Q): 6-1, 6-3