Defending champion Kimiko Date Krumm is through to the quarterfinals of Seoul after defeating second seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-1.
It was a meeting between the oldest and youngest women in the Top 50 -- Date, who will mark her 40th birthday next week at her home event in Tokyo, was playing on the tour before the 19-year-old Pavlyuchenkova was born.
"Pavlyuchenkova was one of the seeded players and also one of the top players, so I expected that it could be a tough match," said Date. "I kept thinking that it’s really worth to challenge... on the other hand, sometimes the fact that I’m the defending champion in last year, and my desire to win the match might disturb the whole game.
"However, I think my opponent might be affected by the fact that I beat Dinara Safina this year... I think that gave her more pressure than I did."