Grand Est Open: Pavlyuchenkova books spot in last eight

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 8 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Grand Est Open by beating Spanish lucky loser Rosa Vicens Mas 6-4, 7-6 (4) at Tennis Club de Contrexéville in Contréxeville on Thursday.

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 119, will play Italian Sara Errani, the No 3 seed, in the next round.

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The Russian edged out French wildcard Amandine Hesse (6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7)) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Contréxeville tournament, Vicens Mas, ranked No 206, benefited from the abandonment of Slovenian qualifier Dalila Jakupovic (2-1).

Contréxeville WTA 125K Series, other round of 16 matches (Tennis Club de Contrexéville, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Sara Errani vs. Anastasia Tikhonova
• Fiona Ferro (WC) beat Diane Parry (6): 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Cristina Bucsa (2) beat Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (WC): 6-0, 6-0
• Eva Lys beat Clara Burel (7): 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Arantxa Rus (4) beat Erika Andreeva: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Tereza Martincova (Q) beat Hailey Baptiste: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Anna-Lena Friedsam (5) beat Aleksandra Krunic: 6-0, 7-6 (5)