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Bertens dialed up 13 aces to defeat Germany's
Ysaline Bonaventure 6-4, 6-2. Sabalenka needed just 70 minutes
to dispatch Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck 6-1, 6-4.
All four top seeds advanced to the quarters, after No. 1 Petra
Kvitova of the Czech Republic and No. 3 Daria Kasatkina of
Russia advanced on Thursday.
Bertens will face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who upset
sixth-seeded Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 6-4. Sabalenka will
play Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, a 7-5, 6-2 winner over Czech
Tereza Martincova.
Thailand Open
Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek ended the run of qualifier Jennifer
Brady, besting the American 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 (9) in a match that
lasted 2 hours, 20 minutes, to reach the quarterfinals in Hua
Hin.
Zidansek will square off against Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic,
a 7-6 (4), 7-5 winner over China's Yingying Duan.
Fifth-seeded Shuai Zhang of China had to retire in the first set
of her match against countrywoman Yafan Wang. Zhang was down
4-1.
Wang will play Poland's Magda Linette in the quarterfinals.
Linette needed 2 1/2 hours to rally past Romania's Monica
Niculescu 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
--Field Level Media
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