The Pakistan-born opening batter got more votes than superstar Shaheen Afridi as he became the first UAE player to win the ICC award
The eighth-seeded Swede will next face Austrian Tamira Paszek, who rolled past 36-year-old American Jill Craybas 6-3, 6-2.
Paszek had to qualify to get into the main draw.
Americans Christina McHale and Alexa Glatch advanced, both dousing the hopes of Canadian contenders.
McHale cruised past wild card Valerie Tetreault 6-4, 6-3, and Glatch beat Stephanie Dubois 7-5, 6-2.
In Friday’s other quarter-finals, third-seeded Czech Lucie Safarova, the 2009 runner-up, will take on fifth-seeded American Melanie Oudin and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands will face Canadian wild card Canadian Rebecca Marino.
Marino toppled top-seeded Marion Bartoli on Wednesday.
The Pakistan-born opening batter got more votes than superstar Shaheen Afridi as he became the first UAE player to win the ICC award
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