Rouen Open: Stephens reaches quarter-finals
Sloane Stephens defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday evening and will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva and Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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American Sloane Stephens, the No 6 seed, reached the last eight of the Rouen Open by defeating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-2 at the Kindarena on Wednesday evening.
Stephens, ranked No 39, will face the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva and Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 4 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the American won against Peyton Stearns (1-6, 6-1, 6-3).
Pliskova, ranked No 47, edged out Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova (7-5, 1-6, 7-5) in the previous round of the Rouen tournament.
Rouen WTA 250, other last 16 results (Kindarena, clay, EUR 232.244, most recent results first):
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Martina Trevisan
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Caroline Garcia
- Clara Burel vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Arantxa Rus
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Yue Yuan
- Mirra Andreeva (5) beat Elina Avanesyan: 7-5, 6-4
- Magda Linette beat Natalija Stevanovic (Q): 6-2, 6-1
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