China Open: Sakkari advances to quarter-finals for fourth event in a row

Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 6 seed, reached the last eight of the China Open by beating Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 at National Tennis Center in Beijing on Thursday night.

It is her fourth quarter-final in a row, following San Diego, Guadelajara and Tokyo.

Sakkari, ranked No 6, will face American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Greek won against Linda Fruhvirtova (6-4, 6-2).

Wang, ranked No 37, won against Russian wildcard Vera Zvonareva (6-4, 6-3) and Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 11 seed (6-4, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

Beijing WTA 1000, other last 16 results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.127.389, most recent results first):

• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Coco Gauff beat Veronika Kudermetova (16): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Caroline Garcia (9) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-3, 6-2
• Elena Rybakina (5) beat Mirra Andreeva (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Magda Linette: 6-1, 6-1
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-5
• Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Jessica Pegula (4): 6-4, 6-2