Rouen Open: Stephens breezes past Yuan to reach the last four
Sloane Stephens beat Yue Yuan 6-2, 6-2 on Friday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Caroline Garcia in the next round
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American Sloane Stephens, the No 6 seed, won against Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 4 seed, 6-2, 6-2 to move into the semi-finals of the Rouen Open at the Kindarena.
Stephens, ranked No 39, will play the winner of the match between Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the second seed, next.
The American beat Peyton Stearns (1-6, 6-1, 6-3) and Karolina Pliskova (6-3, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of the Rouen tournament, Yuan, ranked No 38, defeated Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-3, 7-6 (7)) and edged out Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6)).
Rouen WTA 250, other last-eight results (Kindarena, clay, EUR 232.244, most recent results first):
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Caroline Garcia
- Arantxa Rus vs. Magda Linette
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