Strasbourg Open: Pera joins Burel in quarter-finals

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)