La Bisbal d’Emporda Open: Jacquemot reaches quarter-finals

Frenchwoman Elsa Jacquemot beat Austrian Sinja Kraus 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the La Bisbal d’Emporda Open at the Club Esportiu CT La Bisbal in La Bisbal d’Emporda on Thursday.

Jacquemot, ranked No 157, will play Serb Olga Danilovic next.

The 20-year-old Frenchman edged out No 4 seed Harriet Dart (1-6, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the La Bisbal d’Emporda tournament.

In the previous round, Kraus, ranked No 201, won against Japanese Moyuka Uchijima (3-6, 6-4, 6-3).

La Bisbal d’Emporda WTA 125K Series, other second-round results (Club Esportiu CT La Bisbal, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

1. Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Dalma Galfi
2. Olga Danilovic beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (LL): 6-4, 6-3
3. Rebeka Masarova (5) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-3, 6-2
4. Maria Lourdes Carle (6) beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (Q): 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
5. Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q) beat Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
6. Zeynep Sonmez (Q) beat Eva Lys: 6-0, 3-1 ret.
7. Rebecca Sramkova beat Kristina Mladenovic (WC): 7-5, 4-6, 6-4