Rouen Open: Stephens comes through Stearns test to move into last 16

No 6 seed Sloane Stephens advanced to the last 16 of the Rouen Open by winning against Peyton Stearns 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 at the Kindarena.

Stephens, ranked No 39, will face the winner of the match between Karolina Pliskova and Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova next.

Rouen WTA 250, other last-32 results (Kindarena, clay, EUR 232.244, most recent results first):

• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Diane Parry
• Nao Hibino vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Naomi Osaka
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Alice Robbe
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
• Clara Burel vs. Katarina Zavatska
• Mayar Sherif vs. Yue Yuan
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Alize Cornet
• Robin Montgomery vs. Arantxa Rus
• Fiona Ferro vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Natalija Stevanovic vs. Anna Blinkova
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Polina Kudermetova: monday
• Mirra Andreeva (5) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-1, 6-3
• Magda Linette beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 7-5, 6-1