Britain's Heather Watson superior to the quarter-finals of the Bell Challenge in Quebec with a hard-fought win over Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson on Wednesday. Watson broke her opponent serve six times, but still needed four match points to end Arvidsson's confrontation and seal a 7-5 6-3 triumph in a match lasting an hour and 35 minutes.
The 19-year-old from Guernsey will play third seed Tamira Paszek in the last eight after the Austrian battled past Varvara Lepchenko in three sets. Paszek lost the breach set on a tie-break but hit reverse to win 6-7 (2/7) 6-3 7-6 (7/4).
Elsewhere on Wednesday, fourth seed Rebecca Marino got the improved of fellow Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak 6-4 4-6 6-4, while Holland's Michaella Krajicek beat France's Julie Coin 7-5 4-6 6-1.