Strasbourg Open: Pera joins Burel in quarter-finals
Bernarda Pera won against Kimberly Birrell (6-4, 6-4) on Tuesday and will now play Frenchwoman Clara Burel.
Bernarda Pera 2023 (AI _ Reuters _ Panoramic)
American Bernarda Pera, the No 4 seed, defeated Australian Kimberly Birrell in straight sets (6-4, 6-4) to advance to the quarter-finals of the Strasbourg on Tuesday.
Pera, ranked No 38, will now play against Frenchwoman Clara Burel for a spot into the semi-finals.
The American won against lucky loser Sophie Chang (6-4, 4-6, 6-1) in the previous round of the Strasbourg tournament.
In the previous round of the Strasbourg tournament, Birrell, ranked No 111, beat Estonian qualifier Elena Malygina (6-2, 6-3).
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
- Magda Linette vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Lauren Davis
- 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)
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