The former US Open champion wrapped up a 6-4, 6-3 win in just over two hours in Seoul, where she will play either top seed Daria Kasatkina or Hailey Baptiste

Emma Raducanu offered an unexpected take on her controversial scheduling issues on Thursday, stressing the importance of matchplay and claiming that she has been “nursing a few niggles in the last couple months that I kept pretty quiet”.

Raducanu could now play twice on Saturday if she comes through her last eight showdown with Kasatkina due to heavy rain in Seoul

Emma Raducanu came through a gripping and often high-class battle with eighth seed Yue Yuan as she reached the quarter-finals of Seoul in entertaining style.

Emma Raducanu beats eighth seed Yuan Yue to reach Korea Open quarter-finals - The British player needed seven match points to finally clinch a 6-4 6-3 win.