Twice Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka saw off Zheng Qinwen 6-2 7-5 on Thursday to reach the Adelaide International 1 quarter-finals alongside unseeded duo Irina-Camelia Begu and Linda Noskova.
"She's a great talent," said former world number one Azarenka."I feel like she's going to be a really, really good player. Azarenka will next face Czech teenager Noskova, who followed up her first-round upset of Daria Kasatkina with a 6-2 6-2 win over fellow qualifier Clair Liu. Begu won 11 straight games to overturn a 3-1 first-set deficit and wrap up the win in 73 minutes. She will take on fourth seed Veronika Kudermetova for a place in the semi-finals.At the WTA 250 Auckland Classic, Coco Gauff beat fellow American Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-4 to set up a quarter-final match against China's Zhu Lin, who outlasted Venus Williams 3-6 6-2 7-5 in a rain-hit match lasting two hours and 23 minutes.
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