Thailand Open: Wang beats Hibino to book spot in quarter-finals

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