Svitolina, Vondrousova advance to WTA Chicago Open quarter-finals

Top seed Elina Svitolina and fifth seed Marketa Vondrousova are through to the quarter-finals of the WTA Chicago Open after straight-sets wins on Wednesday.

Svitolina, ranked No 6 in the world and the Olympic singles bronze medalist, defeated Frenchwoman Fiona Ferro 6-4, 6-4 in 53 minutes to set up a clash against another French player – the seventh seed Kristina Mladenovic.

Vondrousova, a former French Open runner-up, scored a 6-1, 6-0 win over Alison Van Uytvanck, also in 53 minutes and will next meet ninth seed Alize Cornet, who defeated Jasmine Paolini 7-6, 6-4.

In other second round matches, Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson upset sixth seed Viktorija Golubic 7-6, 6-3 and Czechwoman Tereza Martincova defeated Su-Wei Hsieh 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to set up a quarter-final clash between themselves.

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China’s Shuai Zhang also reached the quarter-finals with a 6-4, 7-6 win over American Bethanie Mattek-Sands to set up a last-eight clash against the in-form Sara Sorribes Tormo. The Spaniard advanced when former world No 2 Vera Zvonareva pulled out their second-round clash due to injury.