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The eighth-seeded Raducanu, the reigning U.S.
Open champion, will face Poland's Iga Swiatek, the top seed and
recently crowned world No. 1, in the quarterfinals. Raducanu won
35 of her 47 first-service points (74.5 percent), served up five
aces and broke Korpatsch's serve five times.
No. 2 seed Paula Badosa of Spain endured a third-set tiebreaker
to finish off Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4) in
two hours and 30 minutes. Third seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus
was a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 winner over Canadian Bianca Andreescu, who
was playing her first tournament since October.
Germany's Laura Siegemund advanced when No. 4 seed Maria Sakkari
of Greece retired while down 6-4, 3-1. Russian Liudmila
Samsonova upset Czech sixth seed Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-4.
Fifth seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia and seventh seed Ons
Jabeur of Tunisia were also victorious.
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Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan won 30 of 47 first return points
en route to a 6-2, 6-0 win in 74 minutes over Sweden's Rebecca
Peterson in the second round at Turkey.
Russia's Anastasia Potapova saved all five break points and
needed just 70 minutes to defeat Croatia's Petra Martic 6-2,
6-3. No. 7 seed Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain also had a
straightforward day in beating Russian Varvara Gracheva 6-2,
6-1.
Sixth seed Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia advanced when Ukrainian
foe Lesia Tsurenko retired down 6-4, 1-0, and Russian third seed
Veronika Kudermetova advanced over Romania's Ana Bogdan via
walkover.
--Field Level Media
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