Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard put up a tough game against Romanian Ana Bogdan and reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Taiwan, in which she will face China’s Yafan Wang.
Bouchard won 7-5 by a double in one hour and 48 minutes, while Wang surprised eighth seed Pauline Parmentier of France by a 6-3 double.
Hungarian Timea Babos, fourth seed but top favorite after falling first, confirmed her presence in the quarterfinals with her win over Slovenian Dalila Jakupovic.
Results of the day, 2nd round:
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) to Ana Bogdan (RUM), 7-5 and 7-5
Yafan Wang (CHN) to Pauline Parmentier (FRA, 8), 6-3 and 6-3
Timea Babos (HUN, 4) to Dalila Jakupovic (SLO), 6-3, 4-6 and 6-2
Magda Linette (POL, 7) to Johanna Larsson (SWE), 6-1, 6-7 (4) and 7-6 (3)
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Bouchard won 7-5 by a double in one hour and 48 minutes, while Wang surprised eighth seed Pauline Parmentier of France by a 6-3 double.
Hungarian Timea Babos, fourth seed but top favorite after falling first, confirmed her presence in the quarterfinals with her win over Slovenian Dalila Jakupovic.
Results of the day, 2nd round:
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) to Ana Bogdan (RUM), 7-5 and 7-5
Yafan Wang (CHN) to Pauline Parmentier (FRA, 8), 6-3 and 6-3
Timea Babos (HUN, 4) to Dalila Jakupovic (SLO), 6-3, 4-6 and 6-2
Magda Linette (POL, 7) to Johanna Larsson (SWE), 6-1, 6-7 (4) and 7-6 (3)
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