Seoul Open: Sun makes last 8
Lulu Sun beat Anna Blinkova 6-4, 7-6 (6) on Thursday night. She’ll face Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the second seed, in the next round
Swiss qualifier Lulu Sun advanced to the quarter-finals of the Seoul Open by winning against Russian Anna Blinkova 6-4, 7-6 (6) at the Seoul Olympic Park on Thursday night.
Sun, ranked No 340, will face Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the second seed, next.
The 21-year-old Swiss beat Australian qualifier Lizette Cabrera (7-6 (6), 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Hana Bank Korea Open, Blinkova, ranked No 146, defeated No 5 seed Varvara Gracheva (6-4, 7-6 (1)).
Seoul WTA 250, other second-round results (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Anastasia Gasanova
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Emma Raducanu
- Magda Linette vs. Kristina Mladenovic: thursday
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (LL) beat Rebecca Marino (8): 6-4, 6-2
- Ekaterina Alexandrova 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
