Johanna Konta succeeded where other seeds in her half of the draw failed as she reached the quarter-finals of the Apia International in Sydney.
Konta came on court immediately after world No 1 Angelique Kerber's defeat to Daria Kasatkina, while Dominika Cibulkova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, seeded third and fifth respectively, had also crashed out earlier on Tuesday.
That left Konta as the only seed in the top half of the draw and it was not an opportunity the Briton wasted as she battled to a 6-1 6-3 victory over Russian-born Australian Daria Gavrilova in 81 minutes.
The 25-year-old did not look back after breaking in the opening game and dropped only four points on serve in a first set she dominated.
Konta quickly established herself in the second set and while the plucky Gavrilova staved off four match points on serve in the eighth game, the British No 1 saved a break point and then sealed the win at the sixth attempt.
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