Victoria Mboko of Canada advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open by defeating Alexandra Ila of the Philippines 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday.
Third-seeded Mboko served eight aces and broke Ila five times while winning 67 percent of her first serve points.
The 19-year-old from Toronto will next face sixth-placed Russian Anna Kalinskaya.
Mboko will join Canada's Leila Fernandez in the final eight.
Fernandez, the tournament's runner-up, advanced Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Germany's Eva Lis.
She will next face seventh seed Sorana Cirstea of ​​Romania.
Auger-Aliassime has 7 aces
Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters on Thursday with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Germany's Daniel Altmaier.
The ninth-seeded Montreal native rebounded from a first-set loss by winning 87 per cent of first-serve points and converting three of 10 break chances.
Auger-Aliassime finished the two-hour, 11-minute match with seven aces and three double faults.
The victory follows his marathon 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) victory over France's Alexandre Muller on Wednesday, when he relied on 21 aces to advance.
Auger-Aliassime, currently ninth in the ATP Race to Turin standings, remains in contention for one of the final spots at the season-ending ATP Finals. The top eight players on the men's tour qualify for the tournament.
He will next face Monaco wild card Valentin Vachereau, who beat Britain's Cameron Norrie 7-6 (4), 6-4 in the round of 16.
