Hong Kong Open: Yuan advances to last eight
Yue Yuan defeated Nao Hibino on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Sofia Kenin and Jessika Ponchet next
Yue Yuan – Action Plus / Panoramic
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
People in this post
More tennis news
October 12, 1998: The day Lindsay Davenport became world No 1 for the first time
“That’s already a small death”: beaten in Shanghai, Mannarino describes what it costs to keep up at 38
Wildcard Zheng stuns Andreeva to win first WTA 1000 crown on home soil in Beijing
Gea stuns Shelton for first Top 10 win and reaches Shanghai last 16 on Masters 1000 debut
October 11, 1940: The day Wimbledon was bombed during World War II
