Johanna Konta and Cameron Norrie record impressive wins on Wednesday
Wednesday 17 October 2018 18:56, UK
Johanna Konta and Cameron Norrie recorded impressive wins on Wednesday as they made smooth progress in their respective tournaments.
British No 1 Konta backed up her impressive first-round victory over Elise Mertens with a three-set win over Daria Gavrilova of Australia in two hours and nine minutes to reach the quarter-finals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
Konta continued her impressive start to her trial with Stan Wawrinka's former coach Dimitri Zavialoff with a 6-4 3-6 6-3 success, despite a second-set wobble, to set up a date with 24-year-old Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
The world No 44 plans to end a modest 2018 campaign after this tournament.
Norrie booked his place in the last 16 of the European Open after a straightforward victory over Spanish qualifier Marcel Granollers.
World No 87 Norrie was facing an opponent only eight places below him in the rankings but the Briton was relatively untroubled in a 6-3 6-2 win.
Norrie's reward is a meeting with second-seed Diego Schwartzman, the runner-up in the last couple of years in Antwerp.
Elsewhere, Former Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard thrashed Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro in Luxembourg to claim her first victory over a top-50 player since August 2017.
The Canadian qualifier raced to a 6-1 6-0 victory over the world No 24 in under an hour to reach only her third quarter-final of the season.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza was dumped out by Ukrainian world No 66 Dayana Yastremska, losing 6-2 6-3.
The 18-year-old Yastremska claimed her maiden title last week at the Hong Kong Open.
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