Top 2 seeds through to Dubai semis

The two top seeds have managed their way through the draw in Dubai to reach the semi finals.

Top seed Elina Svitolina proved too strong for wildcard Naomi Osaka, who nevertheless can add another good result to her 2018 season.

Svitolina won this encounter 6-2 6-4.

Garbine Muguruza, the second seed, had a good battle with fifth seed Caroline Garcia in set one, but too many unforced errors in set two made the Spaniard’s task relatively simple.

Muguruza through to the final four 7-5 6-2, following her Doha finals appearance last week.

The other Dubai quarter finals:

Angie Kerber (6) defeated Karolina Pliskova (3) 6-4 6-3

Will play Svitolina in the semis

Daria Kasatkina defeated Elena Vesnina 7-6(5) 6-1

Will play Muguruza in the semis

Rio de Janeiro:

The incomplete second round match lasted just four more points before Gael Monfils dismissed top seed Marin Cilic 6-3 7-6(8)

The other match held over from the night before saw Pablo Cuevas (7) defeat lucky loser in qualifying Gastao Elias 7-5 6-1

The completion of second round matches:

Fabio Fognini (5) defeated Tennys Sandgren 4-6 6-4 7-6(6)

Aljaz Bedene defeated Pablo Carreno Busta (3) 6-2 5-7 6-2

Dominic Thiem (2) defeated Pablo Andujar 4-2 (retired)

Fernando Verdasco (8) defeated Nicolas Kicker 6-7(3) 6-2 6-0

Three of the top four seeds failed to make it to the final eight

Marseille:

The completion of second round matches:

Karen Khachanov (9) defeated Mischa Zverev 6-2 6-1

Tomas Berdych (4) defeated qualifier Stefano Travaglia 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3

Filip Krajinovic (8) defeated Gilles Simon 6-3 6-3

Nicolas Mahut defeated Gilles Muller (6) 3-6 6-2 6-4

Qualifier Ilya Ivashka defeated Stan Wawrinka (2) 6-4 1-1 (retired)

Five seeds survived to the quarter finals - but there will be one all unseeded final, featuring Mahut ranked 100 and Ivashka ranked 193.

Delray Beach:

The completion of second round matches:

Denis Shapovalov defeated Jared Donaldson 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4

Taylor Fritz defeated Mikhail Youzhny 6-1 4-6 6-3

Hyeon Chung (8) defeated qualifier Franko Skugor 6-4 7-6(4)

Wildcard Frances Tiafoe defeated Juan Martin del Potro (2) 7-6(6) 4-6 7-5

Chung is the only seed left in the final eight.

Budapest:

The completion of second round matches:

Dominika Cibulková (1) defeated Kirsten Flipkens 6-4 6-2

Johanna Larsson defeated Aleksandra Krunic (7) 6-3 6-1

Mona Barthel defeated Timea Babos (3) 6-4 4-6 6-3

Qualifier Ysaline Bonaventure defeated Donna Vekic (8) 6-4 6-1

Shuai Zhang (2) defeated qualifier Jana Cepelova 2-6 7-6(4) 6-3

Cibulková and Zhang are the top two seeds, and are the only seeds left in the quarter finals