Britain’s Harriet Dart outlasted No. 2 seed Janice Tjen 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou Open in China.
Dart raced to a 3-0 lead in the deciding set and held on to win in 2 hours and 28 minutes. She served seven aces and saved six of nine break points to set up a meeting with No. 5 Paula Badosa of Spain, who needed only 67 minutes to post a 6-1, 6-4 win against Sinja Kraus of Austria.
China’s Han Shi also moved into the final eight of the WTA 250 tournament with a 7-5, 6-4 defeat of Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska. In the lone remaining first-round match, Czech Katerina Siniakova rallied for a 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 upset against No. 3 Lanlana Tararudee of Thailand.
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No. 3 seed Diana Shnaider of Russia held off Aliaksandra Sasnovich and moved into the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory in 2 hours and 31 minutes in Tokyo.
On a day when all four matches in the WTA 500 tournament went to a third set, Shnaider saved 13 of 18 break points and broke Sasnovich’s serve seven times — three times in the deciding set. Shnaider next faces No. 8 Alexandra Eala of the Philippines, who rallied for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 win over Australia’s Talia Gibson.
Unseeded Maya Joint of Australia and Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan will meet in another quarterfinal. Joint defeated Spain’s Cristina Bucsa 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 and Rakhimova outlasted Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5) in 2 hours, 51 minutes.
–Field Level Media
