KEY POINTS:
Ellen Barry has advanced to the quarter-finals of the US$50,000 ($65,496) women's tennis event in Japan.
The 7-5, 6-3 victory over Japanese player Mari Tanaka sets Barry up for a clash with seventh seed Erika Takao, also from Japan.
Another in-form Kiwi, GD Jones, has beaten Christian Piaz 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals of the US$10,000 event in the Mexico.