Dutchwoman Rus upends top seed Pavlyuchenkova to make quarters in Rouen
Arantxa Rus defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 on Thursday. She’ll face Pole Magda Linette in the next round
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Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus upset Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the top seed, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of the Rouen Open at the Kindarena on Thursday.
Rus, ranked No 53, will face Pole Magda Linette next. It’s her fourth win over Pavlyuchenkova in five meetings.
In the previous round of the Rouen tournament, the 33-year-old Dutchman beat American qualifier Robin Montgomery (6-3, 6-1).
Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 22, defeated French wildcard Alice Robbe (6-2, 6-2) in the first round.
Rouen WTA 250, other last 16 results (Kindarena, clay, EUR 232.244, most recent results first):
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Martina Trevisan
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Caroline Garcia
- Clara Burel vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Yue Yuan (4) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
- Sloane Stephens (6) beat Karolina Pliskova: 6-3, 6-2
- Mirra Andreeva (5) beat Elina Avanesyan: 7-5, 6-4
- Magda Linette beat Natalija Stevanovic (Q): 6-2, 6-1
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