Thailand Open: Kostyuk makes quarter-finals
Marta Kostyuk defeated Nao Hibino 6-3, 7-6 (7) on Thursday night and will play the winner of the match between Canadian Bianca Andreescu, the top seed, and Russian Anastasia Zakharova in the next round
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 5 seed, advanced to the last eight of the Thailand Open by defeating Japanese Nao Hibino 6-3, 7-6 (7) at the True Arena Hua Hin on Thursday night.
Kostyuk, ranked No 60, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Bianca Andreescu, the top seed, and Russian Anastasia Zakharova next.
Ahead of her victory, the 20-year-old Ukrainian won against qualifier En-Shuo Liang (6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-0).
Hibino, ranked No 139, beat Russian qualifier Valeria Savinykh (6-0, 6-2) in the previous round of the Hua Hin tournament.
Hua Hin WTA 250, other second-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Tatjana Maria
- Na-Lae Han vs. Heather Watson: thursday
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Anna Kalinskaya (4): 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Tamara Zidansek beat Linda Fruhvirtova (8): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Xinyu Wang (7) beat Mirjam Bjorklund: 6-3, 6-3
- Lin Zhu beat Su Jeong Jang: 6-4, 7-6 (6)