Monastir Open: Cornet moves into last eight

Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 3 seed, defeated Harriet Dart 6-3, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Monastir Open at the Monastir Tennis Club on Wednesday afternoon.

Cornet, ranked No 37, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 6 seed, and Slovenian Tamara Zidansek next.

Ahead of her victory, the Frenchwoman won against Brazilian Laura Pigossi (7-6 (3), 6-0).

Dart, ranked No 96, beat Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Jasmin Open Tunisia.

Monastir WTA 250, other second-round results (Monastir Tennis Club, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Magdalena Frech vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Tamara Zidansek
• Petra Martic vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Ons Jabeur vs. Evgeniya Rodina
• Despina Papamichail vs. Elise Mertens
• Diane Parry beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 6-3, 1-0 ret.
• Claire Liu beat Katerina Siniakova (7): 7-5, 6-2