Strasbourg Open: Keys books spot in quarter-finals
Madison Keys defeated Xinyu Wang 7-5, 6-0 on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 6 seed, and Pole Magda Linette in the next round
Madison Keys in Strasbourg (Chryslene Caillaud/Panoramic)
American Madison Keys, the No 4 seed, moved into the last eight of the Strasbourg Open by beating Chinese Xinyu Wang 7-5, 6-0 at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Wednesday.
Keys, ranked No 16, will play the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 6 seed, and Pole Magda Linette next.
In the previous round of the Strasbourg tournament, Wang, ranked No 39, won against Russian Anna Kalinskaya (6-4, 7-6 (3)).
Strasbourg WTA 500, other last 16 results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 802.237, most recent results first):
- Danielle Collins vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Clara Burel vs. Elina Svitolina
- Fiona Ferro vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Magdalena Frech
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Magda Linette: wednesday
- Emma Navarro vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia: wednesday
- Liudmila Samsonova (5) beat Leylah Fernandez: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
