U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu defeated Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch 6-0, 2-6, 6-1 at the Stuttgart Open on Thursday to set up a quarterfinal match against top-ranked Iga Swiatek.
It will be the 19-year-old Raducanu's first match against a top 10 opponent.
Raducanu, who won at Flushing Meadows as a 150th-ranked qualifier last year, could break into the top 10 herself if she wins the Stuttgart title in what is her first professional tournament on clay. She's currently ranked 12th.
![Britain's Emma Raducanu celebrates during the WTA tour women's singles, round of 16 against Germany's Tamara Korpatsch in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday April 21, 2022. (Christian Kaspar-Bartkedpa via AP)](https://image.bastillepost.com/704x/wp-content/uploads/global/2022/04/00390349fbcd0e98a6eab914d9b139b8-503dcc1a363b41979448268a5b98de13-704x469.jpg.webp)
Britain's Emma Raducanu celebrates during the WTA tour women's singles, round of 16 against Germany's Tamara Korpatsch in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday April 21, 2022. (Christian Kaspar-Bartkedpa via AP)
Earlier, second-seeded Paula Badosa defeated Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4) and will face Ons Jabeur in the quarterfinals. Jabeur defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 6-3.
Third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka defeated Canada’s Bianca Andreescu 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 and will face Anett Kontaveit or Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Fouth-seeded Maria Sakkari retired against Laura Siegemund as the German was leading 6-4, 3-1. Siegemund next plays Russian player Liudmila Samsonova, who defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-4.
![Britain's Emma Raducanu serves a ball to Germany's Tamara Korpatsch during the WTA tour women's singles, round of 16 in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday April 21, 2022. (Christian Kaspar-Bartkedpa via AP)](https://image.bastillepost.com/704x/wp-content/uploads/global/2022/04/00390349fbcd0e98a6eab914d9b139b8-8cae955d493041678c0a7d078bf43e11-704x469.jpg.webp)
Britain's Emma Raducanu serves a ball to Germany's Tamara Korpatsch during the WTA tour women's singles, round of 16 in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday April 21, 2022. (Christian Kaspar-Bartkedpa via AP)
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![Britain's Emma Raducanu returns a ball to Germany's Tamara Korpatsch during the WTA tour women's singles, round of 16 in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday April 21, 2022. (Christian Kaspar-Bartkedpa via AP)](https://image.bastillepost.com/704x/wp-content/uploads/global/2022/04/00390349fbcd0e98a6eab914d9b139b8-4ab72cbd36df4ae79781d6fce24aecd9-704x469.jpg.webp)
Britain's Emma Raducanu returns a ball to Germany's Tamara Korpatsch during the WTA tour women's singles, round of 16 in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday April 21, 2022. (Christian Kaspar-Bartkedpa via AP)
![Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka returns a ball to Canada's Bianca Andreescu during their WTA tennis match, in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (Christian Kaspar-Bartkedpa via AP)](https://image.bastillepost.com/704x/wp-content/uploads/global/2022/04/00390349fbcd0e98a6eab914d9b139b8-9fc42723f5cd4c459a274f949a073a26-704x469.jpg.webp)
Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka returns a ball to Canada's Bianca Andreescu during their WTA tennis match, in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (Christian Kaspar-Bartkedpa via AP)