Nordea Open: Peterson into the quarter-finals

Swede Rebecca Peterson, the No 4 seed, won against Frenchwoman Leolia Jeanjean 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the last eight of the Nordea Open at Båstad Tennisstadion in Bastad on Wednesday.

Peterson, ranked No 96, will play American Lauren Davis, the No 6 seed, next.

The Swede beat Norwegian Malene Helgo (6-4, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Swedish Open, Jeanjean, ranked No 143, won against Russian Varvara Flink (6-2, 6-3).

Bastad WTA 125, other second-round results (Båstad Tennisstadion, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Mirjam Bjorklund vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Ipek Oz
• Lauren Davis beat Katarina Zavatska: 6-4, 6-1
• Mihaela Buzarnescu beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-1
• Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova (2) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-2, 6-3
• Su Jeong Jang beat Irina Khromacheva: 6-0, 6-1
• Panna Udvardy (5) beat Caijsa Hennemann (WC): 6-4, 6-2