Yuan saves three match points to beat Gracheva and reach last 8
Yue Yuan edged out Varvara Gracheva 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6) on Thursday and will face American Sloane Stephens, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 4 seed, saved three match points as she edged out Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6) to reach the quarter-finals of the Rouen Open.
Yuan, ranked No 38, will face American Sloane Stephens, the No 6 seed, next.
The Chinese won against Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-3, 7-6 (7)) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Rouen tournament, Gracheva, ranked No 94, edged out Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-2, 3-6, 7-5).
Rouen WTA 250, other last 16 results (Kindarena, clay, EUR 232.244, most recent results first):
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Martina Trevisan
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Caroline Garcia
- Clara Burel vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Arantxa Rus: thursday
- Sloane Stephens beat Karolina Pliskova: 6-3, 6-2
- Mirra Andreeva (5) beat Elina Avanesyan: 7-5, 6-4
- Magda Linette beat Natalija Stevanovic (Q): 6-2, 6-1
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