Strasbourg Open: No 2 seed Navarro reaches quarter-finals
Emma Navarro defeated Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon and will play Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 9 seed, in the next round
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American Emma Navarro, the second seed, beat Russian qualifier Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the last 8 of the Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Wednesday.
Navarro, ranked No 9, will play Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 9 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Strasbourg tournament, Blinkova, ranked No 65, won against Pole Magdalena Frech (6-3, 7-5).
Strasbourg WTA 500, other second-round results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):
- Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Danielle Collins vs. Emma Raducanu
- Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Ashlyn Krueger: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (8) beat Diane Parry (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 6-3
- Paula Badosa (3) beat Marie Bouzkova (LL): 3-3 ret.
- Magda Linette beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-4, 6-3
