Van Uytvanck beats Hantuchova at Hong Kong Open

HONG KONG (AP) Alison van Uytvanck of Belgium advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open by beating second-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 3-6,

HONG KONG (AP) Alison van Uytvanck of Belgium advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open by beating second-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 Thursday.

Van Uytvanck will next face Slovak qualifier Jarmila Gajdosova.

Also advancing to the quarterfinals were third-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, fifth-seeded Zheng Jie of China and seventh-seeded Jana Cepelova of Slovakia.