Rouen Open: Yuan books spot in last 16

Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 4 seed, reached the last 16 of the Rouen Open by winning against Egyptian Mayar Sherif 6-3, 7-6 (7) at the Kindarena on Tuesday afternoon.

Yuan, ranked No 38, will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 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
• Nao Hibino vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Alice Robbe
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
• 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