Strasbourg Open: Kalinina advances to quarters

Anhelina Kalinina reached the last eight of the Strasbourg Open by defeating French wildcard Fiona Ferro 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Wednesday night.

Kalinina, ranked No 56, will play top seed Marketa Vondrousova next.

Ahead of her victory, the Ukrainian edged out Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 8 seed (6-3, 3-6, 6-4).

Ferro, ranked No 142, defeated Russian qualifier Erika Andreeva (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Strasbourg tournament.

Strasbourg WTA 500, other last 16 results:

• Danielle Collins vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Clara Burel vs. Elina Svitolina: wednesday
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 5-7, 6-1, 6-0
• Magda Linette beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (6): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3
• Madison Keys (4) beat Xinyu Wang: 7-5, 6-0
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (2) beat Emma Navarro: 6-4, 7-6 (1)
• Liudmila Samsonova (5) beat Leylah Fernandez: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2