Strasbourg Open: Gracheva moves into quarter-finals, to meet Svitolina

Russian Varvara Gracheva, the No 6 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Strasbourg Open by defeating Frenchwoman Selena Janicijevic 6-2, 6-1 at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Gracheva, ranked No 44, will play Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina next.

The 22-year-old Russian edged out Chinese lucky loser Zhuoxuan Bai (6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (3)) in the previous round of the Strasbourg tournament.

In the 32 of the Strasbourg tournament, Janicijevic, ranked No 188, edged out Oceane Dodin (2-6, 6-1, 6-4).

Strasbourg WTA 250, other round of 16 results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 225,480)

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (WC) beat Magda Linette (1): 6-3, 6-2
• Lauren Davis (7) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
• Bernarda Pera (4) beat Kimberly Birrell: 6-4, 6-4
• Emma Navarro beat Jil Teichmann (8): 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Clara Burel beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-5, 7-6
• Anna Blinkova beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-4, 7-6 (11)
• Elina Svitolina vs. Erin Routliffe

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