Britain’s Katie Boulter was pressured to battle laborious towards China’s Wang Xiyu to achieve the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open.
Boulter required two hours and 14 minutes to defeat Wang 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 to proceed her positive kind in Asia.
The 28-year-old from Leicestershire, who reached the semi-finals of the Japan Open final week, has loved a career-best season, profitable two WTA Tour titles and reaching a excessive of 27 on this planet rankings.
After saving 5 break factors within the third sport, Boulter dropped serve two video games later however recovered to make it 4-4 amid a run of 12 factors in a row.
Wang, 23, had the primary likelihood within the tie-break however Boulter held agency, taking her second set level, and she or he hit again strongly after shedding a break benefit within the second set to ebook her spot within the final eight.
“That was quite the match,” mentioned Boulter in her on-court interview.
“She’s an unimaginable opponent, by no means lets up. Credit score to her, she simply retains hitting and she or he’s so gifted. She made me work very laborious in the present day, which I am not that completely happy about to be trustworthy.
“She’s got a bright future ahead of her, that’s for sure. I just had to stay there as much as I possibly could and I’m proud of myself today.”
Boulter will now look to match final week’s run in Tokyo when she takes on both seventh seed Varvara Gracheva or Tatiana Prozorova.
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