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Haddad Maia too strong for Tomljanovic in Seoul

By AAP Newswire

Sep 20, 2024

tom — Ajla Tomljanovic has gone down to No.3 seed B Haddad Maia in the WTA Tour's Korea Open in Seoul. -AP

Brazilian star Beatriz Haddad Maia has proved too powerful for Anna Tomljanovic, beating the Australian 6-3 6-4 to advance to the WTA quarter-finals in Seoul.

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Haddad Maia broke Tomljanovic's serve three times on her way to the last eight of the Korea Open, where she will meet Polina Kudermetova.

Tomljanovic had been involved in a three-hour struggle against South Korean wildcard Su Jeong Jang in the previous round, eventually winning 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-3.

But against the No.3 seed she came up short, double faulting three times and managing to convert just one of three break points.

Joining Haddad Maia in the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 event on Thursday were Daria Kasatkina, Emma Raducanu and Viktoria Tomova.

Top-seed Kasatkina beat American Hailey Baptiste 6-4 6-2 while Englishwoman Raducanu upset No.8 seed Yue Yuan 6-4 6-3, dishing out 11 aces.

Tomova led 7-5 4-1 against Amanda Anisimova when the American retired.

Joining Russian Kudermetova in the last eight are her sister Veronika Kudermetova, Diana Schnaider and Marta Kostyuk.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press