Chinese Yuan Yue, the No 6 seed, beat Japanese Nao Hibino 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Wednesday.
Yuan, ranked No 45, will face the winner of the match between American Sofia Kenin and Frenchwoman Jessika Ponchet next.
Ahead of her victory, the Chinese won against Romanian wildcard Simona Halep (6-3, 6-3).
Hibino, ranked No 159, edged out Chinese lucky loser Jia-Jing Lu (6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Hong Kong tournament.
Hong Kong WTA 250, other second-round results (Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Suzan Lamens vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Diana Shnaider vs. Priscilla Hon
- Xiyu Wang vs. Katie Boulter
- Bernarda Pera (9) beat Han Shi (Q): 6-0, 6-4
