Thailand Open: Shnaider into last eight as Badosa retires with injury
Diana Shnaider benefited from the retirement of Paula Badosa (6-2, 3-4) due to injury on Wednesday and will face Dalma Galfi in the next round
Spain’s Paula Badosa leaves the court after retiring injured from her third round match against Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova at the French Open
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Russian Diana Shnaider moved into the last 8 of the Thailand Open when Spaniard Paula Badosa retired at the True Arena Hua Hin.
Shnaider, ranked No 108, led 6-2, 3-4 when Badosa, ranked No 83, pulled out at the True Arena Hua Hin on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old Russian will face Hungarian qualifier Dalma Galfi next.
Diana Shnaider beat Pole Magda Linette, the top seed (6-4, 1-6, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Hua Hin tournament, the Spaniard won against Thai wildcard Lanlana Tararudee (3-6, 6-4, 6-1).
Hua Hin WTA 250, other second-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Arina Rodionova vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Lin Zhu
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Yafan Wang
- Katie Volynets vs. Tatjana Maria
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Xinyu Wang vs. Nao Hibino
- Dalma Galfi beat Xiyu Wang (5): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
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