Ranked just 130 in the world the 24-year-old from Chanthaburi dominated play with her fierce double-fisted groundstrokes to knock out the tournament’s fifth seed in only 69 minutes. "I'm so happy to beat world No 19 player. I just played my game and she missed so many shots," said Luksika who also reached the doubles quarter-finals with Peangtarn Plipuech. In the first set Luksika used her flat penetrating shots to keep the Russian off rhythm and broke for a 4-2 lead. The second set went pretty much the same with the Thai proving more solid in the baseline rallies.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 10, 2017 11:47 UTC