Burel beats Svitolina to book quarter-final place in Strasbourg

Clara Burel beat Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 7 seed, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-1 to advance to the last eight of the Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Burel, ranked No 43, will face the winner of the match between third-seeded American Danielle Collins and Katerina Siniakova on Thursday.

In the previous round of the Strasbourg tournament, the Frenchwoman beat wildcard Karolina Pliskova (7-5, 0-6, 6-1).

Svitolina, ranked No 17, previously defeated Frenchwoman Diane Parry (6-3, 6-4) in the Strasbourg tournament.

Strasbourg WTA 500, other last 16 results:

• Danielle Collins vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Fiona Ferro (WC): 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
• Marketa Vondrousova (1) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 5-7, 6-1, 6-0
• Magda Linette beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (6): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3
• Madison Keys (4) beat Xinyu Wang: 7-5, 6-0
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (2) beat Emma Navarro: 6-4, 7-6 (1)
• Liudmila Samsonova (5) beat Leylah Fernandez: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2