No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan cruised into the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Leylah Fernandez of Canada on Thursday at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

In a clash of last week's WTA Tour champions, Rybakina (Ningbo Open) saved four of five break points and converted three of four break chances against Fernandez (Japan Open). Up next for Rybakina is another Canadian, No. 9 seed Victoria Mboko.

No. 3 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia defeated Romania's Jaqueline Cristian 6-1, 6-2 in 69 minutes, and No. 5 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland ousted France's Varvara Gracheva 6-4, 6-3 in 85 minutes. Sofia Kenin rallied for a 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2) win against Japanese hopeful Wakana Sonobe.

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Second-seeded Ann Li of the United States converted five of six break poi

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