Strasbourg Open: Blinkova beats Friedsam to make quarter-finals

Anna Blinkova beat German Anna-Lena Friedsam (6-4, 7-6 (11)) on Tuesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Strasbourg Open.

Blinkova, ranked No 66, will now play against the winner of the match between American Emma Navarro and Swiss Jil Teichmann, the No 8 seed.

Ahead of her victory, Blinkova had edged out Frenchwoman Amandine Hesse (4-6, 6-0, 6-4).

Friedsam, ranked No 92, won against Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 3 seed (6-0, 6-0) in the previous round.

Strasbourg WTA 250, other last 16 results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):

• Elina Svitolina vs. Erin Routliffe
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Selena Janicijevic
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Lauren Davis
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Bernarda Pera
• Emma Navarro vs. Jil Teichmann
• Clara Burel vs. Kaia Kanepi