Great Britain's Emma Raducanu reaches the quarter-finals at the Korea Open after beating China's Yue Yuan in straight sets in Seoul.

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 said “I trust my body a lot more now” having reached the Korea Open quarterfinal to face top seed Daria Kasatkina, after another battling win on Thursday.

Raducanu was particularly impressive with her serve throughout the match, producing 11 aces including eight during the second set

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”.

Emma Raducanu survived an injury scare to reach her fifth quarter-final of the season at the Korea Open. The British No. 3 called the physio and had her foot taped up but stormed through to beat eighth seed Yue Yuan 6-4 6-2.