Strasbourg Open: Burel through to quarter-finals

Frenchwoman Clara Burel had the last word on Estonian Kaia Kanepi (7-5, 7-6) to advance to the quarter-finals of the Strasbourg Open on Tuesday.

Burel, ranked No 122, will now face the winner of the match between Australian Kimberly Birrell and American Bernarda Pera, the No 4 seed, next.

The 22-year-old Frenchwoman defeated Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 5 seed (7-6 (5), 7-5) in the previous round.

Kanepi, ranked No 76, had previously beaten Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-3, 6-2).

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
• Magda Linette vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Bernarda Pera
• Emma Navarro vs. Jil Teichmann
• Anna Blinkova beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-4, 7-6 (11)