Robson run continues

Laura Robson continued her impressive recent run of form by reaching the quarter-finals of the Guangzhou International Open.

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Laura Robson continued her impressive recent run of form by reaching the quarter-finals of the Guangzhou International Open with a 6-3 6-3 win over Zheng Jie. The 18-year-old, who reached the fourth round of the US Open earlier in September, capitalised on five of her six break-point opportunities to see off the home favourite and second seed. Robson will face another Chinese opponent in the last eight in the form of seventh seed Shuai Peng, who breezed to a 6-2 6-1 win over qualifier Nudnida Luangnam. Third seed Sorana Cirstea defeated wildcard Ying-Ying Duan 6-1 7-6 (7-0) to set up a quarter-final clash with French eighth seed Alize Cornet, who advanced when Olga Govortsova retired hurt after losing the first set of their contest 6-4. Elsewhere in the second round Chanelle Scheepers beat Bojana Jovanovski 6-4 6-1 while her next opponent, Urszula Radwanska, was also a straight-sets winner over Luxembourg's Mandy Minella. Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh easily beat compatriot Kai-Chen Chang 6-0 6-3 and France's Mathilde Johansson overcame a second-set wobble to triumph 6-2 4-6 7-5 over China's Saisai Zheng.