Strasbourg Open: Linette reaches last 16, will face Pavlyuchenkova next

Pole Magda Linette, the top seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Strasbourg Open by beating Spaniard Cristina Bucsa in three sets (4-6, 6-2, 6-2) at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Tuesday.

Linette, ranked No 21, will now face wildcard Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next.

Strasbourg WTA 250, other 32 results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Angelina Gabueva (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Kimberly Birrell beat Elena Malygina (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Anna-Lena Friedsam beat Shuai Zhang (3): 6-0, 6-0
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Alize Cornet: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Emma Navarro beat Tereza Martincova: 6-2, 6-3
• Varvara Gracheva (6) beat Zhuoxuan Bai (LL): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (3)
• Lauren Davis (7) beat Sarah Iliev (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Erin Routliffe (LL) beat Su-Wei Hsieh (Q): 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-1
• Bernarda Pera (4) beat Sophie Chang (LL): 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
• Clara Burel beat Sorana Cirstea (5): 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Jil Teichmann (8) beat Maryna Zanevska: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Louisa Chirico: 6-4, 7-6 (1)
• Anna Blinkova beat Amandine Hesse: 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
• Selena Janicijevic beat Oceane Dodin: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Kaia Kanepi beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-2