No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan cruised into the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Leylah Fernandez of Canada on Thursday on the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
In a conflict of final week’s WTA Tour champions, Rybakina (Ningbo Open) saved 4 of 5 break factors and transformed three of 4 break possibilities in opposition to Fernandez (Japan Open). Up subsequent for Rybakina is one other Canadian, No. 9 seed Victoria Mboko.
No. 3 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia defeated Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian 6-1, 6-2 in 69 minutes, and No. 5 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland ousted France’s Varvara Gracheva 6-4, 6-3 in 85 minutes. Sofia Kenin rallied for a 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2) win in opposition to Japanese hopeful Wakana Sonobe.
Guangzhou Open
Second-seeded Ann Li of america transformed 5 of six break factors and defeated Colombia’s Camilia Osorio 7-5, 6-2 in a second-round match in Guangzhou, China.
Li superior to face Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto, who outlasted China’s Xiyu Wang 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. In different matches involving Chinese language gamers, Shuai Zhang rallied for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Veronika Erjavec of Slovenia, whereas Yafan Wang fell 6-3, 6-1 to Australia’s Lulu Solar in 60 minutes.
Germany’s Ella Seidel ousted No. 6 Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-2. Claire Liu defeated Hungary’s Anna Bondar 6-3, 6-4. Fellow People Caty McNally defeated Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, and Katie Volynets beat France’s Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah 6-3, 6-3.
–Discipline Stage Media

