Japan Open: Top seed Zhu moves into quarter-finals, faces Mandlik next

China’s Lin Zhu, the top seed, moved into the last eight of the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships by beating Japanese wildcard Moyuka Uchijima 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 on Thursday.

Zhu, ranked No 35, will face American qualifier Elizabeth Mandlik next.

In the previous round, the Chinese player won against Xiyu Wang (6-4, 6-4).

Uchijima, ranked No 174, won against Indian qualifier Ankita Raina (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round.

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