Katie Boulter: British quantity two wins in underneath an hour to achieve Japan Open quarter-finals

Katie Boulter moved into the quarter-finals of the Japan Open after she beat Viktorija Golubic in lower than an hour.

The British quantity two defeated her Swiss opponent 6-2 6-1 in Osaka and can face both Croatia’s Antonia Ruzic or American Kayla Day within the subsequent spherical.

Boulter saved a break level within the opening sport however dominated from 2-2 within the first set, profitable 9 video games in a row earlier than Golubic took the penultimate sport of the match.

The 30-year-old lost the British number one spot to Sonny Kartal on Monday, however is ready to retake the place following her run this week.

Boulter, who’s seeded eighth within the competitors, mentioned she was happy with how she dealt with “troublesome circumstances”, with a powerful wind affecting play.

“I feel one of many largest issues for me is staying affected person within the wind,” she mentioned.

“Sometimes I can get just a little pissed off, and I’m more than happy that I did not enable that to have an effect on me at this time and I feel I ended up taking part in some actually good tennis within the second set. I’m actually happy with the efficiency.”