Rouen Open: Stephens comes through Stearns test to move into last 16
Sloane Stephens beat Peyton Stearns 1-6, 6-1, 6-3. She’ll play the winner of the match between Karolina Pliskova and Polina Kudermetova in the next round

No 6 seed Sloane Stephens advanced to the last 16 of the Rouen Open by winning against Peyton Stearns 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 at the Kindarena.
Stephens, ranked No 39, will face the winner of the match between Karolina Pliskova and Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova next.
Rouen WTA 250, other last-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
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Alize Cornet
- Robin Montgomery vs. Arantxa Rus
- Fiona Ferro vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Natalija Stevanovic vs. Anna Blinkova
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Polina Kudermetova: monday
- Mirra Andreeva (5) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-1, 6-3
- Magda Linette beat Elsa Jacquemot (WC): 7-5, 6-1