Trophée Clarins: Cornet moves into quarter-finals

Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 7 seed, beat Su Jeong Jang 6-1, 7-5 to move into the quarter-finals of the Trophée Clarins at the Lagardère Paris Racing on Thursday afternoon.

Cornet, ranked No 64, will face American Katie Volynets next.

The 33-year-old Frenchman won against American Ashlyn Krueger (7-6 (6), 6-3) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round, Jang, ranked No 114, won against French wildcard Fiona Ferro (6-3, 6-1).

Paris WTA 125K Series, other last 16 results (Lagardère Paris Racing, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Nao Hibino beat Oceane Dodin: 6-1, 6-4
• Katie Volynets beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (1): 6-3, 6-3
• Catherine McNally (6) beat Tamara Zidansek: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (1)
• Kamilla Rakhimova (9) beat Mirra Andreeva (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Diane Parry beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-3
• Varvara Gracheva (2) beat Oksana Selekhmeteva: 6-0, 6-3
• Linda Noskova (4) beat Katherine Sebov: 7-5, 6-2