Grand Est Open: Burel reaches last 16, plays Lys next

Frenchwoman Clara Burel, the No 7 seed, reached the last 16 of the Grand Est Open by defeating Barbora Palicova 7-5, 6-1 at Tennis Club de Contrexéville in Contréxeville on Tuesday afternoon.

Burel, ranked No 104, will play German Eva Lys next.

Contréxeville WTA 125K Series, other 32 results (Tennis Club de Contrexéville, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Sara Errani vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Diane Parry vs. Kristina Mladenovic: tuesday
• Elvina Kalieva vs. Arantxa Rus: tuesday
• Rosa Vicens Mas (LL) beat Dalila Jakupovic (Q): 2-1 ret.
• Anastasia Tikhonova (Q) beat Carol Zhao: 6-3, 6-2
• Fiona Ferro (WC) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 7-5, 0-6, 6-2
• Cristina Bucsa (2) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (WC) beat Laura Pigossi: 7-5, 6-0
• Tereza Martincova (Q) beat Tatjana Maria (1): 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (8) beat Amandine Hesse (WC): 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7)
• Eva Lys beat Maria Timofeeva: 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
• Hailey Baptiste beat Margaux Rouvroy (WC): 6-1, 6-4
• Aleksandra Krunic beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Anna-Lena Friedsam (5) beat Despina Papamichail: 6-3, 6-4
• Erika Andreeva beat Irina Bara: 6-1, 6-0