Strasbourg Open: Elina Svitolina beats Chirico to advance to last 16

Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina won against American Louisa Chirico 6-4, 7-6 (1) to reach the last 16 of the Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Sunday afternoon.

Elina Svitolina will face the winner of the match between qualifier Su-Wei Hsieh and Belgian Elise Mertens, the second seed, 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
• Anna Blinkova beat Amandine Hesse: 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
• Selena Janicijevic beat Oceane Dodin: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Kaia Kanepi beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-2