Trophée Clarins: Volynets advances to last eight
Katie Volynets won against Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday. She’ll play the winner of the match between Su Jeong Jang and Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 7 seed, in the next round
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American Katie Volynets won against Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the top seed, 6-3, 6-3 to move into the last eight of the Trophée Clarins at the Lagardère Paris Racing.
Volynets, ranked No. 102, will face the winner of the match between Su Jeong Jang and Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No. 7 seed, next.
The 21-year-old American beat Canadian qualifier Carol Zhao (6-0, 7-6 (9)) in the previous round.
During the 32, Sasnovich, ranked No 44, won against Frenchwoman Clara Burel (6-1, 7-5).
Paris WTA 125K Series, other last 16 results (Lagardère Paris Racing, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Nao Hibino vs. Oceane Dodin
- Su Jeong Jang vs. Alize Cornet
- Catherine McNally (6) beat Tamara Zidansek: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (1)
- Kamilla Rakhimova (9) beat Mirra Andreeva (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Diane Parry beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-3
- Varvara Gracheva (2) beat Oksana Selekhmeteva: 6-0, 6-3
- Linda Noskova (4) beat Katherine Sebov: 7-5, 6-2
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