Strasbourg Open: Pavlyuchenkova advances to last 16

Wildcard Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova advanced to the last 16 of the Strasbourg Open by winning against qualifier Angelina Gabueva 6-3, 6-1 at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Monday evening.

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 424, will play the winner of the match between Pole Magda Linette, the top seed, and Spaniard Cristina Bucsa next.

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

• Magda Linette vs. Cristina Bucsa
• 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