Thursday at the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole, the WTA 250 tournament in France this week, saw Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands topple Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 1 seed from Russia, but Caroline Garcia and Anhelina Kalinina had an easier time of it, winning through to the quarter-finals in straight sets.
In a marathon encounter lasting 2 hours 13 minutes, Rus upset Pavlyuchenkova, the World No 22, 6-3 1-6 6-3, in the Round of 16, winning 7 of 13 break points, breaking the Russian’s serve 7 times and capitalising on six double-faults from her opponent.
Garcia, the No 2 seed from France, raced through her contest with Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova on Thursday evening, winning 6-1 6-0 in just 48 minutes, and will face Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse, ranked 162, in the next round, who upset Clara Burel, the 7th seed, also from France, 6-0 2-6 6-3.
Meanwhile, 3rd-seeded Kalinina from Ukraine beat Martina Trevisan, 6-2 6-3, the Italian having put paid to Naomi Osaka’s return hopes in the 1st-round.
Kalinina, ranked No 32, takes on 16-year old Russian prodigy Mirra Andreeva, the 5th seed, for a place in the semi-finals.
No 4 seed Yuan Yue from China survived a 2-hour, 47-minute encounter with Varvara Gracheva, the Russian-born Frenchwoman, prevailing 6-4 4-6 7-6(6) after saving 2 straight match points in the 3rd-set tiebreak.
In the doubles, Britain’s Samantha Murray Sharan and her partner Katarzyna Piter from Poland reached the quarter-finals with a 7-5 6-0 win over American Quinn Gleason & Dalila Jakupovis from Slovenia, while Naiktha Bains & Maia Lumsden play on Friday for a place in the Last 8.
3rd-seeded Anhelina Kalinina dispatched Martina Trevisan in. straight sets
Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole
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