Lausanne Open: Sorribes Tormo through to last eight, beating Burel
Sara Sorribes Tormo won against Clara Burel 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday evening and will play the winner of the match between No 6 seed Caroline Garcia and qualifier Leolia Jeanjean in the next round
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Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, the No 4 seed, won against Frenchwoman Clara Burel 6-4, 6-2 to reach the last 8 of the Lausanne Open at Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne on Wednesday evening.
Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 43, will face the winner of the match between No 6 seed Caroline Garcia and qualifier Leolia Jeanjean next.
Ahead of her victory, the Spaniard defeated American Lauren Davis (6-2, 7-6 (1)). Burel, ranked No 106, won against Chinese Lin Zhu (6-0, 6-1) in the previous round of the Lausanne.
Lausanne WTA 250, other second-round results (Tennis Club du Stade-Lausanne, clay, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Susan Bandecchi vs. Belinda Bencic : to be played
- Caroline Garcia vs. Leolia Jeanjean : to be played
- Jule Niemeier vs. Eva Lys : to be played
- Olga Danilovic vs. Anna Kalinskaya : to be played
- Petra Martic beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Simona Waltert (WC) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
- Anastasia Potapova beat Irina-Camelia Begu (3): 6-4, 6-2
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