Strasbourg Open: Gracheva moves into quarter-finals, to meet Svitolina
Varvara Gracheva won against Selena Janicijevic 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday evening. She’ll face Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina in the next round
Varvara Gracheva, Warsaw 2022
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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