Russian Liudmila Samsonova reached the last eight of the Tokyo Open by defeating Chinese Xinyu Wang 7-6 (5), 6-3 at the Ariake Coliseum and Ariake Tennis Forest Park on Thursday night.
Samsonova, ranked No 30, will play Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, the No 3 seed, next.
The Russian won against Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 8 seed (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament.
In the previous round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament, Wang, ranked No 78, edged out Australian qualifier Ellen Perez (7-5, 1-6, 6-4).
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
- Petra Martic beat Karolina Pliskova (6): 6-3, 6-4
- 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 beat Despina Papamichail (Q): 6-4, 6-2