Stuttgart Open: Paolini knocks out Jabeur in second round

Italian Jasmine Paolini moved into the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open by winning against Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 7 seed, 7-6 (8), 6-4 at the Porsche-Arena on Thursday afternoon.

Paolini, ranked No 14, will play Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, next.

The Italian defeated qualifier Sara Errani (6-1, 6-0) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament, Jabeur, ranked No 9, edged out Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1)).

Stuttgart WTA 500, other second-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, USD 802.237, most recent results first):

• Qinwen Zheng vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Emma Raducanu vs. Linda Noskova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Elise Mertens
• Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Elena Rybakina beat Veronika Kudermetova: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Paula Badosa: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 3-3 ret.
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 7-5