Thailand Open: Zhu brushes aside Fruhvirtova to reach last eight

Chinese Lin Zhu, the second seed, beat Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the last eight of the Thailand Open at the True Arena Hua Hin.

Zhu, ranked No 45, will play the winner of the match between Australian Arina Rodionova and Chinese Zhuoxuan Bai next.

The Chinese beat Australian qualifier Taylah Preston (6-4, 7-5) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Hua Hin tournament, Fruhvirtova, ranked No 126, won against Russian lucky loser Anastasia Tikhonova (6-3, 6-1).

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
• Yafan Wang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (8): 6-2, 6-4
• Katie Volynets beat Tatjana Maria (4): 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva (7) beat Viktorija Golubic: 7-6, 7-6 (1)
• Xinyu Wang (3) beat Nao Hibino: 7-5, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider beat Paula Badosa: 6-2, 3-4 ret.
• Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Xiyu Wang (5): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5