Tokyo Open: Martic books spot in quarter-finals
Petra Martic defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday night. She’ll face Chinese Shuai Zhang in the next round
Croat Petra Martic advanced to the last 8 of the Tokyo Open by beating Czech Karolina Pliskova, the No 6 seed, 6-3, 6-4 at the Ariake Coliseum and Ariake Tennis Forest Park on Thursday night.
Martic, ranked No 46, will face Chinese Shuai Zhang next.
Ahead of her victory, the Croat won against Japanese qualifier Rina Saigo (6-1, 6-1).
Pliskova, ranked No 20, defeated Bulgarian qualifier Isabella Shinikova (6-2, 6-1) in the previous round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament.
Tokyo WTA 500, other second-round results (Ariake Coliseum and Ariake Tennis Forest Park, hard, USD 757.900, most recent results first):
- Naomi Osaka vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Fernanda Contreras Gomez
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Xinyu Wang
- Claire Liu beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 6-1
- Qinwen Zheng beat Paula Badosa (1): 6-3, 6-2
- Shuai Zhang beat Caroline Garcia (2): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Garbine Muguruza (3) beat Despina Papamichail (Q): 6-4, 6-2
