Nottingham Open: Raducanu breezes past Snigur to book spot in quarter-finals

Wildcard Emma Raducanu reached the last eight of the Nottingham Open by beating Ukrainian Daria Snigur 6-2, 6-2 at Nottingham Tennis Centre.

Raducanu, ranked No 209, will play the winner of the match between wildcard Francesca Jones and American Ashlyn Krueger next.

Emma Raducanu defeated Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara (6-1, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Nottingham tournament, Snigur, ranked No 127, won against second seed Marta Kostyuk (6-3, 6-3).

Nottingham WTA 250, other last-16 results (Nottingham Tennis Centre, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Ons Jabeur vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Francesca Jones vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Magdalena Frech vs. Tatjana Maria: thursday
• Karolina Pliskova (6) beat Heather Watson (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Katie Boulter (3) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Diane Parry beat Daria Saville: 6-4, 6-1
• Kimberly Birrell (Q) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-0