Wang Qiang cruises into last eight

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The sixth seed needed just 59 minutes to dispatch the world number 451, dropping only three games in a comprehensive 6-3 6-0 victory.

Qiang broke her opponent on six occasions in the match and romped to victory with a dominant final set.

Paula Kania also recorded a straight-sets win over Yang Zhaoxuan as she joined Qiang in the last eight.

Kania eased to a 6-4 6-3 victory at the hard-court event, dropping just one service game to set up a meeting with Wang Yan.

Yan started brilliantly against Wang Yafan on Wednesday to take the opening set, but she needed to hold her nerve as Yafan fought back.

But after one hour and 34 minutes on court, the world number 502 eventually prevailed, beating her opponent - placed some 320 positions above her in the WTA rankings - 6-1 3-6 6-1.

Ekaterina Bychkova completes the quarter-finals line-up after she beat Sharon Fichman 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 7-5, while Su-Wei Hsieh booked a second-round place after coming from behind to beat Zhang Ling 4-6 6-1 6-1.

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