Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova reached the quarter-finals of the Pan-Pacific Open on Thursday by beating sixth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-4 6-4.
Cibulkova improved her record to 3-0 against Suarez Navarro, who had not won a match in seven tournaments before beating Kateryna Bondarenko in the first round.
Seventh-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska also reached the final eight by beating Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4 6-1 and will play Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, who eliminated the last remaining Japanese player Kurumi Nara 6-2 6-4.
The 11th-ranked Pliskova served 10 aces and rallied from 4-1 down in the second set to clinch the match.
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