{"id":5396,"date":"2023-02-02T14:43:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T14:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/thailand-open-heather-watson-into-first-quarter-final-in-18-months\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T14:43:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T14:43:26","slug":"thailand-open-heather-watson-into-first-quarter-final-in-18-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/thailand-open-heather-watson-into-first-quarter-final-in-18-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand Open: Heather Watson into first quarter-final in 18 months"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Watson reached a career-high 38 in the world rankings in 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Heather Watson reached her first quarter-final in 18 months with a three-set win over South Korea’s Han Na-lae at the Thailand Open.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The British number six triumphed 6-3 5-7 6-4 in a match lasting two hours 33 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Watson, 30, will face Chinese seventh seed Wang Xinyu in Hua Hin on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Victory over Han means Watson – currently 160th in WTA rankings – will return to the top 150.<\/span><\/p>\n

She led by a set and a double break before Han fought back to force a deciding set.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watson broke again in the third set, but threw her racquet in frustration when Han again levelled at 4-4, before wrapping up the win with a drop shot on her second match point.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watson lost in the semi-finals of the Birmingham Classic in June 2021, the last time she reached at least the last eight of a WTA Tour event.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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