Poland Open: Watson advances to last eight

Heather Watson moved into the quarter-finals of the Poland Open by defeating qualifier Yuliya Hatouka in three sets (6-2, 5-7, 6-1) at the Legia Tennis Centre in Warsaw on Thursday.

Watson, ranked No 146, will play Belgian Yanina Wickmayer next.

Heather Watson won against No 3 seed Katerina Siniakova (7-5, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Warsaw tournament, Hatouka, ranked No 240, edged out Frenchwoman Jessika Ponchet (6-4, 3-6, 7-5).

Warsaw WTA 250, other last 16 results (Legia Tennis Centre, clay, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
• Laura Siegemund vs. Lin Zhu
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Karolina Muchova
• Viktoria Hruncakova vs. Linda Noskova
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Jodie Burrage: thursday
• Tatjana Maria beat Clara Tauson: 6-4, 6-0
• Yanina Wickmayer beat Tereza Martincova: 6-2, 6-2