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 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”.

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

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. She could now face No. 1 seed Daria Kasatkina.