Melbourne VIC, Australia, 26 September 2017 | tennis.com.au

Lizette Cabrera has taken a significant step towards the top 100 with her latest move in the WTA rankings.

Not to be outdone, fellow Queenslander Priscilla Hon surged to a career-high ranking of No.237 after a similarly impressive week in Asia.

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Cabrera, aged 19, last week qualified for the WTA tournament in Guangzhou, China and advanced to her first tour-level quarterfinal.

Her reward was an improvement of 17 places to a career-high ranking of No.136. She’s now the fifth-ranked Australian female behind Daria Gavrilova (22), Ash Barty (37), Sam Stosur (44) and Arina Rodionova (121).

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At the same time, Hon, also 19, qualified for the WTA tournament in Seoul, Korea and like Cabrera progressed to the quarterfinals.

She vaulted 71 places to become Australia’s eighth-ranked female, behind world No.153 Destanee Aiava and 181st-ranked Ajla Tomljanovic.

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On the men’s side, Marinko Matosevic jumped 136 places to world No.624 after reaching the quarterfinals of last week’s Gwangju ATP Challenger event in Korea.

Matosevic, a former world No.39, qualified for the draw and built a four-match winning streak before going down to Taiwan’s Tsung-Hua Yang.