Grand Est Open: Rus into last eight, meets Lys next
Arantxa Rus defeated Erika Andreeva, the older sister of Mirra Andreeva, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon
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Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the No 4 seed, reached the last eight of the Grand Est Open by edging out Russian Erika Andreeva 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 at Tennis Club de Contrexéville in Contréxeville on Wednesday.
Rus, ranked No 86, will face German Eva Lys next.
The Dutchwoman won against American qualifier Elvina Kalieva (6-1, 6-3) in the previous round of the Contréxeville tournament.
In the 32 of the Contréxeville tournament, Andreeva, ranked No 149, beat Romanian Irina Bara (6-1, 6-0).
Contréxeville WTA 125K Series, other round of 16 results (Tennis Club de Contrexéville, clay, USD 115,000):
- Sara Errani vs. Anastasia Tikhonova
- Rosa Vicens Mas vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Diane Parry vs. Fiona Ferro
- Tessah Andrianjafitrimo vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Clara Burel vs. Eva Lys: wednesday
- Tereza Martincova (Q) beat Hailey Baptiste: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Anna-Lena Friedsam (5) beat Aleksandra Krunic: 6-0, 7-6 (5)
