Stuttgart Open: Alexandrova beats Andreeva, moves into last eight

Ekaterina Alexandrova won against No 6 seed Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open at the Porsche-Arena on Thursday.

Alexandrova, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between Pole Magdalena Frech and American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Liudmila Samsonova (6-3, 6-3).

Andreeva, ranked No 7, benefited from the abandonment of lucky loser Erika Andreeva (6-2, 1-0) in the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament.

Stuttgart WTA 500, other second-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):

• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Emma Navarro vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Coco Gauff vs. Ella Seidel
• Magdalena Frech vs. Jessica Pegula
• Jule Niemeier vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Elise Mertens beat Diana Shnaider (8): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-2, 6-2