Grand Est Open: Galfi through to last 8
Dalma Galfi defeated Alexandra Ignatik 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday afternoon. She’ll face Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Hungarian Dalma Galfi, the No 6 seed, reached the last 8 of the Grand Est Open by beating Romanian Alexandra Ignatik 6-4, 6-4 at Tennis Club de Contrexéville on Thursday.
Galfi, ranked No 89, will face Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 3 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Hungarian won against Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic (6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3).
Ignatik, ranked No 172, defeated French wildcard Margaux Rouvroy (6-4, 6-1) in the previous round.
Contrexéville WTA 125, other second-round results (Tennis Club de Contrexéville, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Jessika Ponchet vs. Erika Andreeva
- Arantxa Rus vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Jasmine Paolini beat Anna Blinkova: 6-0, 6-3
- Olivia Gadecki beat Elsa Jacquemot: 6-2, 6-1
- Anna Bondar (1) beat Lena Papadakis (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Sara Errani beat Olga Danilovic: 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Camilla Rosatello (Q) beat Alice Robbe (Q): 7-6 (7), 6-1
