Rouen Open: Gracheva into last 16

Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva moved into the last 16 of the Rouen Open by edging out Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 at the Kindarena on Wednesday.

Gracheva, ranked No 94, will face Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 4 seed, next.

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

• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Diane Parry
• Martina Trevisan vs. Naomi Osaka
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Nao Hibino: 6-2, 6-1
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (1) beat Alice Robbe (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Caroline Garcia (2) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
• Yue Yuan beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• Clara Burel (7) beat Katarina Zavatska (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Arantxa Rus beat Robin Montgomery (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Anhelina Kalinina (3) beat Alize Cornet: 6-4, 7-5
• Elina Avanesyan beat Fiona Ferro (Q): 6-2, 1-6, 7-5
• Natalija Stevanovic (Q) beat Anna Blinkova (8): 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (2)
• 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 (5) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-1, 6-3
• Magda Linette beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 7-5, 6-1