Strasbourg Open: Pavlyuchenkova beats top seed Linette and moves into the quarter-finals
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won against Magda Linette 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday and will play American Lauren Davis, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Russian wildcard Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won against Pole Magda Linette, the top seed, 6-3, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Wednesday.
Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 424, will play American Lauren Davis, the No 7 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Strasbourg tournament, the Russian beat qualifier Angelina Gabueva (6-3, 6-1).
Linette, ranked No 21, won against Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (4-6, 6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Strasbourg tournament.
Strasbourg WTA 250, other last 16 results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Selena Janicijevic
- Elina Svitolina vs. Erin Routliffe
- Lauren Davis beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
- Bernarda Pera (4) beat Kimberly Birrell: 6-4, 6-4
- Emma Navarro beat Jil Teichmann (8): 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Clara Burel beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-5, 7-6
- Anna Blinkova beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-4, 7-6 (11)