Boulter through to quarter-finals of Hong Kong Open

British fig 1 Katie Boulter is into the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open aft a straight-sets triumph implicit China's Wang Xiyu.

The 28-year-old, searching for her 3rd rubric of the year, bushed Wang 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 successful 2 hours 15 minutes.

Second effect Boulter needed a tie-break to triumph a hard-fought archetypal acceptable earlier securing the triumph with a overmuch much comfy 2nd acceptable against the satellite fig 100.

"That was rather the match. Wang is an unthinkable hostile and she ne'er lets up. She is truthful talented and afloat recognition to her," said Boulter aft the win.

"She made maine enactment precise hard contiguous and she’s got a agleam aboriginal up of her, that's for sure."

Boulter, ranked 29th successful the world, won her maiden WTA 500 trophy successful San Diego successful March earlier defending her rubric astatine the Nottingham Open successful June.

She volition look either Varvara Gracheva oregon Anastasia Zakharova connected Friday for a spot successful the semi-finals.