Korea Open: Haddad Maia makes last eight
Beatriz Haddad Maia won against Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday
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Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 3 seed, reached the last 8 of the Korea Open by beating Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 6-4 at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul on Thursday.
Haddad Maia, ranked No 17, will face lucky loser Polina Kudermetova next.
In the previous round of the Seoul tournament, Tomljanovic, ranked No 122, won against wildcard Su Jeong Jang (7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3).
Seoul WTA 500, other second-round results (Olympic Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Emma Raducanu vs. Yue Yuan
- 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 beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (7): 6-2, 7-5
