Thailand Open: Wang beats Hibino to book spot in quarter-finals
Xinyu Wang beat Nao Hibino 7-5, 6-4 and will face the winner of the match between Viktorija Golubic and Yulia Putintseva, the No 7 seed, in the next round
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Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 3 seed, moved into the last eight of the Thailand Open by beating Japanese Nao Hibino 7-5, 6-4 at the True Arena Hua Hin.
Wang, ranked No 40, will play the winner of the match between Swiss Viktorija Golubic and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 7 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Hua Hin tournament, the 22-year-old Chinese benefited from the abandonment of American Emina Bektas (5-2).
Hibino, ranked No 94, beat Russian Kamilla Rakhimova (7-6 (4), 6-0) in the first round of the Hua Hin tournament.
Hua Hin WTA 250, other second-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Arina Rodionova vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Lin Zhu
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Yafan Wang
- Katie Volynets vs. Tatjana Maria
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Diana Shnaider beat Paula Badosa: 6-2, 3-4 ret.
- Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Xiyu Wang (5): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
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