Eastbourne Open: Yastremska reaches quarter-finals

Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska won against wildcard Francesca Jones 6-2, 6-1 to reach the last 8 of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park Lawn Club on Wednesday evening.

Yastremska, ranked No 42, will play Filipino qualifier Alexandra Eala next.

Ahead of her victory, the Ukrainian benefited from the abandonment of Pole Magda Linette, the No 5 seed (6-4, 4-2).

Jones, ranked No 125, beat Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen (6-4, 7-5) in the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament.

Eastbourne WTA 250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Club, grass, USD 389.000, most recent results first):

• Alexandra Eala beat Jelena Ostapenko (3): 0-6, 6-2, 3-2 ret.
• Kamilla Rakhimova (Q) beat Peyton Stearns (6): 6-3, 6-4
• Maya Joint beat Emma Raducanu (7): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Anna Blinkova beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-3
• Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Rebecca Sramkova (8): 7-5, 6-3
• Barbora Krejcikova (2) beat Jodie Burrage (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Kimberly Birrell (Q): 7-5, 7-5