Vancouver Open: Paquet books spot in quarter-finals
Chloe Paquet won against Heather Watson 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday evening and will play Greek qualifier Valentini Grammatikopoulou in the next round
Frenchwoman Chloe Paquet moved into the last 8 of the Vancouver Open by winning against Heather Watson 6-4, 6-2 at Hollyburn Country Club on Wednesday evening.
Paquet, ranked No 111, will play Greek qualifier Valentini Grammatikopoulou next.
The Frenchwoman defeated Canadian wildcard Carol Zhao (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round.
During the first round, Watson, ranked No 130, beat Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 8 seed (3-6, 7-5, 6-2).
Vancouver WTA 125, other second-round results (Hollyburn Country Club, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Rebecca Peterson vs. Catherine Harrison
- Priscilla Hon vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Maddison Inglis vs. Xinyu Wang
- Arianne Hartono vs. Emma Navarro
- Madison Brengle vs. Coco Vandeweghe
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva beat Jodie Burrage: 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7)
- Valentini Grammatikopoulou beat Cadence Brace (WC): 7-5, 6-2
