Strasbourg Open: Blinkova beats Hesse to make last 16

Russian Anna Blinkova moved into the last 16 of the Strasbourg Open by edging out Frenchwoman Amandine Hesse 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Sunday.

Blinkova, ranked No 73, will play the winner of the match between Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 3 seed, and German Anna-Lena Friedsam next.

Strasbourg WTA 250, other last-32 results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):

• Su-Wei Hsieh vs. Elise Mertens
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Diane Parry vs. Bernarda Pera
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Elena Malygina
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Clara Burel
• Emma Navarro vs. Tereza Martincova
• Shuai Zhang vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Sarah Iliev vs. Lauren Davis
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Alize Cornet
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Angelina Gabueva
• Magda Linette vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Maryna Zanevska vs. Jil Teichmann
• Elina Svitolina vs. Louisa Chirico: sunday
• Selena Janicijevic beat Oceane Dodin: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Kaia Kanepi beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-2