Grand Est Open: Rus into last eight, meets Lys next

Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the No 4 seed, reached the last eight of the Grand Est Open by edging out Russian Erika Andreeva 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 at Tennis Club de Contrexéville in Contréxeville on Wednesday.

Rus, ranked No 86, will face German Eva Lys next.

The Dutchwoman won against American qualifier Elvina Kalieva (6-1, 6-3) in the previous round of the Contréxeville tournament.

In the 32 of the Contréxeville tournament, Andreeva, ranked No 149, beat Romanian Irina Bara (6-1, 6-0).

Contréxeville WTA 125K Series, other round of 16 results (Tennis Club de Contrexéville, clay, USD 115,000):

• Sara Errani vs. Anastasia Tikhonova
• Rosa Vicens Mas vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Diane Parry vs. Fiona Ferro
• Tessah Andrianjafitrimo vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Clara Burel vs. Eva Lys: wednesday
• Tereza Martincova (Q) beat Hailey Baptiste: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Anna-Lena Friedsam (5) beat Aleksandra Krunic: 6-0, 7-6 (5)