Swiatek eases into Korea Open quarterfinals

Iga Swiatek blew off the cobwebs from her US Open quarterfinal defeat to Amanda Anisimova to ease into the last eight of the Korea Open on Thursday.

The six-time Grand Slam champion from Poland beat Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 6-2 and will face Emma Raducanu or Barbora Krejcikova next in Seoul.

World No 2 Swiatek, defeated in straight sets by eventual finalist Anisimova in New York two weeks ago, was never seriously troubled by unseeded Cirstea.

"For sure the conditions are much different from our last tournament," Swiatek told the crowd in the South Korean capital, where there has been heavy rain this week.

"Happy that I could adjust quickly. I really love it here, it's beautiful when it's not raining so happy to be here."

Swiatek, whose father Tomasz competed in rowing at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, sealed the first set in 49 minutes on her sixth set point.

The top seed carried that momentum into the second set, breaking the Romanian immediately and despite a few wobbles Swiatek sealed the match with minimum fuss.

The 24-year-old, who is chasing a 25th WTA singles title, will play the winner of Thursday's later match between Britain's Raducanu and Krejcikova of the Czech Republic.