Open de Limoges: Tauson through to last eight

Dane Clara Tauson beat Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 8 seed, 7-6 (6), 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Open de Limoges at the Palais des Sports de Beaublanc on Wednesday.

Tauson, ranked No 115, will face the winner of the match between French wildcard Audrey Albie and Russian Varvara Gracheva next.

In the previous round of the Limoges Open, the 19-year-old Dane won against Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic (7-5, 7-6 (3)).

Kostyuk, ranked No 71, defeated lucky loser Joanna Garland (6-2, 6-3) in the first round of the Limoges Open.

Limoges WTA 125, other second-round results (Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, EUR 92.742, most recent results first):

• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Jana Fett
• Clara Burel vs. Erika Andreeva
• Audrey Albie vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Shuai Zhang (1) beat Ekaterina Reyngold (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Anhelina Kalinina (5) beat Jenny Lim (LL): 6-0, 6-0
• Anna Blinkova beat Greet Minnen: 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Ana Bogdan (4) beat Katrina Scott: 6-3, 7-5