Strasbourg Open: Frech upsets Stephens for last-16 spot

Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech moved into the last 16 of the Strasbourg Open by winning against American Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-3 at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Monday afternoon.

Frech, ranked No 54, will face top seed Marketa Vondrousova next.

Strasbourg WTA 500, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 802.237, most recent results first):

• Emma Navarro vs. Alize Cornet
• Erika Andreeva vs. Fiona Ferro: monday
• Elina Svitolina (7) beat Diane Parry: 6-3, 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (6) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-0, 7-5
• Katerina Siniakova beat Yulia Putintseva (Q): 6-0, 7-5
• Liudmila Samsonova (5) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4
• Xinyu Wang beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Magda Linette beat Sorana Cirstea: 7-5, 7-5
• Clara Burel beat Karolina Pliskova (WC): 7-5, 0-6, 6-1
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (8): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez beat Anastasia Potapova: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3