Strasbourg Open: Burel through to quarter-finals
Clara Burel defeated Kaia Kanepi (7-5, 7-6) on Tuesday.
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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)
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