Stuttgart Open: Paolini through to quarter-finals
Jasmine Paolini beat Jule Niemeier 6-1, 7-5 on Thursday. She’ll play the winner of the match between American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, and German lucky loser Ella Seidel in the next round
Jasmine Paolini in Stuttgart (Imago/PSNewz)
Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 5 seed, defeated German wildcard Jule Niemeier 6-1, 7-5 to move into the last eight of the Stuttgart Open at the Porsche-Arena on Thursday.
Paolini, ranked No 6, will play the winner of the match between American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, and German lucky loser Ella Seidel next.
The Italian won against German wildcard Eva Lys (6-2, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament, Niemeier, ranked No 121, edged out wildcard Laura Siegemund (4-6, 6-3, 6-4).
Stuttgart WTA 500, other second-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Emma Navarro vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Coco Gauff vs. Ella Seidel
- Magdalena Frech vs. Jessica Pegula
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Mirra Andreeva (6): 6-3, 6-2
- Elise Mertens beat Diana Shnaider (8): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-2, 6-2
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