Thailand Open: Watson books spot in quarter-finals

Heather Watson moved into the last eight of the Thailand Open by edging out Na-Lae Han 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 at the True Arena Hua Hin on Thursday night.

Watson, ranked No 160, will face Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 7 seed, next.

Heather Watson edged out Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the second seed (5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5)) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Hua Hin tournament, Han, ranked No 176, edged out Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse (6-4, 1-6, 6-4).

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: thursday
• Marta Kostyuk (5) beat Nao Hibino: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• 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 beat Mirjam Bjorklund: 6-3, 6-3
• Lin Zhu beat Su Jeong Jang: 6-4, 7-6 (6)