Watson into quarters

Thursday 17th March 2011, 2:29PM GMT.

Heather WatsonSPLITTING from her LTA coach does not seem to have had an adverse effect on Heather Watson.

The 18-year-old yesterday reached the quarter-finals of the Bahamas Women’s Open in Nassau with a second victory over a world top 100 player in as many days.

The Sarnian, ranked 132nd, beat world No. 99 Alberta Brianti of Italy 6-1, 6-1 to set up a last-eight meeting with the fourth seed Rebecca Marino today.

Canadian Marino is 63rd in the current world list.

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