Tokyo: Boulter into last eight to face Andreescu

No 9 seed Katie Boulter moved into the last eight of the WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open by beating Japanese lucky loser Kyoka Okamura 6-1, 6-2 at the Ariake Coliseum on Thursday.

Boulter, ranked No 33, will play Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu next.

The Brit won against Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon (6-1, 6-4) in the previous round of the tournament.

Earlier in the week, Okamura, ranked No 271, won against American qualifier Hailey Baptiste (7-6 (4), 6-3).

Tokyo WTA 500, other second-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):

• Daria Kasatkina (3) beat McCartney Kessler: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Clara Tauson (LL): 6-7 (8), 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Bianca Andreescu beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (2): 3-0 ret.
• Sayaka Ishii (Q) beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Diana Shnaider (6) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-2, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez (8) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-0, 3-6, 7-5
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Moyuka Uchijima

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