Strasbourg Open: Frech upsets Stephens for last-16 spot
Magdalena Frech defeated Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-3 on Monday afternoon. She’ll play top seed Marketa Vondrousova in the next round
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Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech moved into the last 16 of the Strasbourg Open by winning against American Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-3 at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Monday afternoon.
Frech, ranked No 54, will face top seed Marketa Vondrousova next.
Strasbourg WTA 500, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 802.237, most recent results first):
- Emma Navarro vs. Alize Cornet
- Erika Andreeva vs. Fiona Ferro: monday
- Elina Svitolina (7) beat Diane Parry: 6-3, 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (6) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-0, 7-5
- Katerina Siniakova beat Yulia Putintseva (Q): 6-0, 7-5
- Liudmila Samsonova (5) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Xinyu Wang beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Magda Linette beat Sorana Cirstea: 7-5, 7-5
- Clara Burel beat Karolina Pliskova (WC): 7-5, 0-6, 6-1
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (8): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez beat Anastasia Potapova: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
