The weather was more clement this Wednesday in Strasbourg, where all the matches could be played!
News of the day: the title holder, Elina SVITOLINA was beaten by the the french player Clara BUREL in three sets (7-6, 4-6, 6-1).
Clara BUREL is therefore the last Frenchwoman in the running, as Fiona FERRO lost to Anhelina KALININA (6-3, 3-6, 6-0).
Top seeds Keys, Vondrousova, Collins and Haddad Maia held their nerve to advance to the quarter finals.
Here bellow all the resultats of the day :
QF – A. Muhammad (USA) / A. Sutjiadi (INA) d. E. Shibahara (JPN) / Xin. Wang (CHN) 63 63
QF – C. Bucsa (ESP) / M. Niculescu (ROU) d. A. Krueger (USA) / S. Stephens (USA) 62 63
R16 – L. Fernandez (CAN) / E. Routliffe (NZL) d. [1] N. Melichar-Martinez (USA) / E. Perez (AUS) 64 67(2) 10-4
R16 – [2] D. Schuurs (NED) / L. Stefani (BRA) d. D. Shnaider / V. Zvonareva 63 75
R16 – [WC] [1] M. Vondrousova (CZE) d. [Q] M. Frech (POL) 57 61 60
R16 – A. Kalinina (UKR) d. [WC] F. Ferro (FRA) 63 36 60
R16 – [3] D. Collins (USA) d. K. Siniakova (CZE) 61 62
R16 – C. Burel (FRA) d. [7] E. Svitolina (UKR) 76(1) 46 61
R16 – M. Linette (POL) d. [6] E. Alexandrova 67(5) 63 63
R16 – [4] M. Keys (USA) d. Xin. Wang (CHN) 75 60
R16 – [2] B. Haddad Maia (BRA) d. E. Navarro (USA) 64 76(1)
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