Emma Raducanu produced one other spectacular victory as she beat Sorana Cirstea 6-4 6-2 within the second spherical at Queen’s.
The British No 1 was greeted with large cheers as she served out the match in entrance of a packed Andy Murray Area for her second straight victory in as many matches on grass.
The win is her first over a top-20 participant in over a yr and means she is about to face the winner of Harriet Dart and Kamilla Rakhimova in a quarter-final conflict later immediately.
Raducanu received off to a blistering begin, forcing two breaks within the first three video games with some ferocious forehands to take a commanding 4-0 lead, however the skilled Cirstea fought again, profitable three video games on the bounce to place stress again on her opponent.
The 2021 US Open champion made expensive unforced errors to permit the Romanian an opportunity at a 3rd break at 4-5, however bounced again to win two straight factors and serve out a hard-fought 50-minute first set.
She oozed confidence from then on, breaking within the first sport of the second set – touchdown an excellent deep forehand return to seal the sport – and a second break at 3-1 proved the nail in Cirstea’s coffin.