Also headed to the quarterfinals is
second-seeded Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who was in a 7-6 (4),
4-6, 3-3 battle with Paula Badosa of Spain when Badosa retired
due to a left thigh injury.
Seventh seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, Great Britain's Emma
Raducanu, Russian Anastasia Potapova and Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk
prevailed in first-round matches on Wednesday.
Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole
Fifth-seeded Russian Mirra Andreeva and No. 6 seed Sloane
Stephens of the United States both warded off upsets by
completing sweeps to advance to the quarterfinals at Rouen,
France.
Andreeva downed countrywoman Elina Avanesyan 7-5, 6-4, while
Stephens ousted the Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-2.
Italian Martina Trevisan posted a 6-4, 6-2 win over Japan's
Naomi Osaka while Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Poland's
Magda Linette and Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania also won in
straight sets.
France's Varvara Gracheva defeated Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova
6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in the only match of the day that saw a third set.
--Field Level Media
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