Guadalajara Open: Stephens makes quarter-finals, saving three see points against Garcia

American Sloane Stephens moved into the quarter-finals of the Guadalajara Open by winning against Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 6 seed, 7-6 (6), 7-5 at the Centro Panamericano de Tenis on Thursday night.

Garcia had three consecutive set points during the tie-break before letting Stephens take the control. Stephens, ranked No 50, will play American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the American defeated Czech qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova (6-0, 6-2) and Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 10 seed (6-4, 6-4).

Garcia, ranked No 10, edged out Canadian qualifier Rebecca Marino (6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round, her first win in three tournaments since her US Open semi-final.

Guadalajara WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Centro Panamericano de Tenis, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):

• Daria Kasatkina vs. Anna Kalinskaya : Thursday in Guadalajara
• Danielle Collins vs. Maria Sakkari : Thursday in Guadalajara
• Victoria Azarenka (LL) beat Madison Keys (13): 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1
• Marie Bouzkova beat Liudmila Samsonova: 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Jessica Pegula beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-4, 6-4
• Veronika Kudermetova (8) beat Jelena Ostapenko (12): 6-4, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (5) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-0, 6-3