Fran Jones adopted up her career-best win over Emma Navarro by reaching the quarter-finals of the ASB Basic in Auckland.
The British No 3 claimed her first top-20 victory within the opening spherical after beating world No 15 Emma Navarro, and saved her run going with a 1-6 6-4 6-1 win in opposition to Austrian qualifier Sinja Kraus.
Jones heading for a fast defeat at 6-1 3-0 down, however gained 12 of the subsequent 14 video games to seal a exceptional turnaround and arrange a last-eight assembly with seventh seed Wang Xinyu.
The Yorkshirewoman’s run needs to be sufficient to see her break into the world’s prime 70 for the primary time.
Jones might be joined within the final eight by Katie Boulter, who takes on prime seed Elina Svitolina, and fellow Brit Sonay Kartal, who goes up in opposition to German Ella Seidel.
Gauff leads US previous Greece into United Cup semis
Coco Gauff defeated Maria Sakkari earlier than returning to clinch victory for the defending United Cup champions within the doubles because the US reached the semi-finals of the blended staff match after beating Greece 2-1 in Perth on Wednesday.
Gauff, a two-time Grand Slam champion, beat Sakkari 6-3 6-2 in an hour and 26 minutes to place the US in entrance earlier than Stefanos Tsitsipas earned a 6-4 7-5 win over world No 9 Taylor Fritz to stage the tie.
The 27-year-old was afforded little time to savour his first prime 10 win since 2024, nevertheless, returning to the court docket simply half an hour later alongside Sakkari to tackle Gauff and Christian Harrison.
Momentum swung wildly within the hard-fought decider, with each groups taking a set apiece to ship the match right into a tie-break.
The US raced right into a 5-0 lead, and although the Greek duo rallied to stage at 6-6 a superbly positioned volley from Harrison squeezed by way of Tsitsipas’s legs and sealed a 4-6 6-4 10-8 victory.
“I thought it was great level throughout, we just played free and aggressive,” Gauff stated.
Poland arrange Australia blockbuster
Iga Swiatek starred as Poland arrange a blockbuster quarter-final with Australia
Poland certified for the quarter-finals after Hubert Hurkacz defeated Tallon Griekspoor 6-3 7-6 (7-4) after which Iga Swiatek adopted with a 6-3 6-2 triumph in opposition to Suzan Lamens to clinch the tie in opposition to the Netherlands.
“I’m really happy that I found a way to be more solid in the middle of the first set because it was pretty even until then,” Swiatek stated.
“I felt like I had more control over the ball and could go for it. I’m really happy that we won this tie just with singles. It gives us good confidence going into the quarter-finals.”
Katarzyna Kawa and Jan Zielinski accomplished a 3-0 sweep for Poland with a 6-3 3-6 10-4 win in blended doubles in opposition to David Pel and Demi Schuurs.
Poland will face dwelling favorite Australia Friday night Sydney in what guarantees to be a blockbuster conflict.
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