Giorgi sends Wozniacki out of Tokyo

All the quarter finals in Asia and Europe are set with two exceptions - in Seoul, Jelena Ostapenko (1) still has to play her second round match against Ekaterina Alexandrova.  In Metz, Nikoloz Basilashvili (5) needs to  play his second round match against wildcard Ugo Humbert.

In Guangzhou, the quarter finals have been played.

WTA.Tokyo

Second round

• Camila Giorgi defeated wildcard Caroline Wozniacki (1)

Giorgi hit 16 winners in the opening set, where she started with a bang, breaking twice in the first five games.  Facing no break points on her own serve, the Italian crashed through Wozniacki once more to lead 6-2.

Wozniacki, in her first March since the disappointment of losing in the second round of the US Open, fought back in set two,  saving all nine break points, but managing to crack the Giorgi serve twice.

The match was level 2-6 6-4.

Wozniacki appeared to be on the track to victory when ahead 2-0 in the decider, but Giorgi regained her poise, using her attacking game to break back in game three, and repeat the job in the key seventh game.

The upset was complete, Camila Giorgi winning 2-6 6-2 6-4.

45 winners more than compensated for 29 unforced errors in a fine performance that put Camila into the quarter finals.

• Wildcard Vika Azarenka defeated Ash Barty (7) 6-4 6-2, her first victory over a top twenty player in six months, and will play Camila Giorgi in the quarter finals.
• Barbora Strycova (8) defeated Anett Kontaveit 7-6(5) 3-6 7-5, and will play Naomi Osaka in the quarter finals 
• Donna Vekic defeated Johanna Konta 6-3 7-5, and will play Caroline Garcia in the quarter finals 

The Toray Pan Pacific Open has now lost four seeds before the quarters, including three major winners of the past two years - Muguruza, Stephens and Wozniacki 

WTA Guangzhou 

Quarter finals

• Yulia Putintseva (5) defeated Kateryna Kozlova 6-4 6-1
• Bernarda Pera defeated Aleksandra Krunic (4) 4-6 6-3 6-4, and will play Yulia Putintseva in the semis 
• Qiang Wang (3) defeated Fiona Ferro 6-4 6-0
• Andrea Petkovic defeated Vera Lapko (7) 6-2 7-6(2), and will play Qiang Wang in the semis

WTA Seoul 

Second round 

• Mandy Minella defeated qualifier Priscilla Hon 6-4 6-3, and will play Ajla Tomljanovic in the quarter finals 
• Irina-Camelia Begu (7) defeated Aga Radwanska 6-4 6-3, and will play Maria Sakkari in the quarter finals 
• Kiki Bertens (2) defeated Dalila Jakupovic 6-4 7-5, and will play Evgeniya Rodina in the quarter finals 

ATP St. Petersburg 

Second round 

All matches played were won by the seeded players

• Dominic Thiem (1) defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(4) 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (8) defeated Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-4, and he will play Dominic Thiem in the quarter finals 
• Marco Cecchinato (3) defeated Lukas Lacko 7-5 7-6(6)
• Wildcard Roberto Bautista Agut (5) defeated wildcard Mikhail Youzhny 7-6(6) 3-6 6-3, and will play Marco Cecchinato in the quarter finals 
• Damir Dzumhur (6) defeated Guido Pella 6-4 6-4, and will play Stan Wawrinka in the quarter finals 
• Denis Shapovalov (7) defeated Matteo Berrettini 7-6(6) 4-6 6-0, and will play Martin Klizan in the quarter finals 

ATP Metz

Second round 

• Qualifier Matthias Bachinger defeated lucky loser Gregoire Barrere 6-0 6-3.  Barrere had made it into the second round due to replacing late withdrawal third seed Lucas Pouille in the draw, and Pouille had been granted a first round bye.
• Lucky loser Yannick Maden defeated Benoit Paire 6-4 3-6 6-3, and he will play Matthias Bachinger in the quarter finals 
• Gilles Simon defeated Filip Krajinovic (7) 4-6 7-5 7-5, and he will play fellow Frenchman and long time rival Richard Gasquet in the quarter finals.
• Radu Albot defeated Marton Fucsovics 6-3 6-2
• Ricardas Berankis defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-3, and he will play Radu Albot in the quarter finals