Andreescu sets up quarter-final against Kostyuk in Thailand

Canadian Bianca Andreescu, the top seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open by winning against Russian Anastasia Zakharova 6-2, 7-5 at the True Arena Hua Hin on Thursday.

Andreescu, ranked No 42, will play Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 5 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 22-year-old Canadian defeated Harriet Dart (6-3, 6-4).

Zakharova, ranked No 186, beat Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (3-6, 7-5, 6-3) in the previous round of the Hua Hin tournament.

Hua Hin WTA 250, other second-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Tatjana Maria (6) beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-0, 6-4
• Heather Watson beat Na-Lae Han: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk beat Nao Hibino: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Anna Kalinskaya (4): 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4
• Tamara Zidansek beat Linda Fruhvirtova (8): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Xinyu Wang (7) beat Mirjam Bjorklund: 6-3, 6-3
• Lin Zhu beat Su Jeong Jang: 6-4, 7-6 (6)