Korea Open: Kasatkina books spot in last eight

Russian Daria Kasatkina, the top seed, won against American Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 6-2 to reach the last eight of the Korea Open at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul on Thursday.

Kasatkina, ranked No 13, will face Emma Raducanu next.

In the previous round of the Seoul tournament, Baptiste, ranked No 105, defeated Sloane Stephens (7-6 (4), 6-2).

Seoul WTA 500, other second-round results (Olympic Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Emma Raducanu beat Yue Yuan (8): 6-4, 6-3
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (3) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 6-4
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Amanda Anisimova: 7-5, 4-1 ret.
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Liudmila Samsonova (2): 6-4, 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (5) beat Heather Watson (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Diana Shnaider (4) beat Carol Zhao (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Polina Kudermetova (LL) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (7): 6-2, 7-5