Lausanne Open: Niemeier advances to last eight

Jule Niemeier moved into the quarter-finals of the Lausanne Open by defeating qualifier Eva Lys 6-4, 6-2 at Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne on Thursday.

Niemeier, ranked No 109 and quarter-finalist at Wimbledon last week, will face Russian Anastasia Potapova next.

In the previous round of the Lausanne, Jule Niemeier won against Swiss Ylena In-Albon (7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3). In the previous round of the Lausanne, Lys, ranked No 217, won against Russian Varvara Gracheva, the No 8 seed (7-5, 6-4).

Lausanne WTA 250, other second-round results (Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne, clay, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Susan Bandecchi vs. Belinda Bencic
• Caroline Garcia vs. Leolia Jeanjean
• Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Clara Burel: 6-4, 6-2
• Petra Martic beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Simona Waltert (WC) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova beat Irina-Camelia Begu (3): 6-4, 6-2