Linette overcomes Alexandrova to reach Strasbourg quarter-finals

Magda Linette moved into the last eight at the Strasbourg Open by beating Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 6 seed, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3 at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Linette, ranked No 50, will next go up against fourth-seeded American Madison Keys.

The Pole previously got the best of Romania’s Sorana Cirstea (7-5, 7-5).

In the previous round of the Strasbourg tournament, Alexandrova — ranked No 18 — ousted Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa (6-0, 7-5).

Strasbourg WTA 500, other last 16 results:

• Danielle Collins vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Clara Burel vs. Elina Svitolina
• Fiona Ferro vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Magdalena Frech: wednesday
• Madison Keys beat Xinyu Wang: 7-5, 6-0
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (2) beat Emma Navarro: 6-4, 7-6 (1)
• Liudmila Samsonova (5) beat Leylah Fernandez: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2