Open de Limoges: Burel advances to quarter-finals
Clara Burel won against Erika Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Italian Lucia Bronzetti, the No 6 seed, and Croat qualifier Jana Fett in the next round
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Frenchwoman Clara Burel beat Russian Erika Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Open de Limoges at the Palais des Sports de Beaublanc on Wednesday afternoon.
Burel, ranked No 126, will face the winner of the match between Italian Lucia Bronzetti, the No 6 seed, and Croat qualifier Jana Fett next.
The 21-year-old Frenchman won against Bosnian Nefisa Berberovic (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Limoges Open.
In the first round of the Limoges Open, Andreeva, ranked No 136, benefited from the forfeit of Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the second seed.
Limoges WTA 125, other second-round results (Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, EUR 92.742, most recent results first):
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Jana Fett
- Varvara Gracheva beat Audrey Albie (WC): 6-0, 6-3
- Clara Tauson beat Marta Kostyuk (8): 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Shuai Zhang (1) beat Ekaterina Reyngold (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Anhelina Kalinina (5) beat Jenny Lim (LL): 6-0, 6-0
- Anna Blinkova beat Greet Minnen: 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Ana Bogdan (4) beat Katrina Scott: 6-3, 7-5
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