Rouen Open: Avanesyan through to last 16

Russian Elina Avanesyan edged out French qualifier Fiona Ferro 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 to advance to the last 16 of the Rouen Open at the Kindarena on Tuesday.

Avanesyan, ranked No 67, will face Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 5 seed, next.

Rouen WTA 250, other 32 results (Kindarena, clay, EUR 232.244, most recent results first):

• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Diane Parry
• Nao Hibino vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Naomi Osaka
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Alice Robbe
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
• Clara Burel vs. Katarina Zavatska
• Mayar Sherif vs. Yue Yuan
• Robin Montgomery vs. Arantxa Rus
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Alize Cornet
• Natalija Stevanovic vs. Anna Blinkova: tuesday
• Karolina Pliskova beat Polina Kudermetova (Q): 7-5, 1-6, 7-5
• Sloane Stephens (6) beat Peyton Stearns: 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Mirra Andreeva beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-1, 6-3
• Magda Linette beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 7-5, 6-1