Alexandrova Shocks No. 6 Andreeva, Gauff, Pegula Cruise in Stuttgart

Ekaterina Alexandrova stunned sixth seed Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-2 to book her place in the quarterfinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart. The 30-year-old Russian needed just 65 minutes to secure her fourth Top 10 win of the season, hammering 19 winners and eight aces. Andreeva, just 17, committed 24 unforced errors and struggled with her first serve, landing just 48 percent.

Fourth-seeded Coco Gauff easily advanced with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win over German wild card Ella Seidel in under an hour. Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka also reached the last eight by walkover after Anastasia Potapova withdrew due to injury.

Jessica Pegula, the third seed, continued her clean run by dismantling Magdalena Frech 6-1, 6-1 in 59 minutes. Italy’s Jasmine Paolini, seeded fifth, held off Jule Niemeier 6-1, 7-5 to round out the day’s winners in Stuttgart.

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Lamens Upsets Noskova as Svitolina, Danilovic Advance in Rouen

Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands delivered the biggest surprise of the day at the Open Capfinances Rouen Métropole, ousting second seed Linda Noskova 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals. Lamens won over 80 percent of her first-serve points and saved four of five break points. Noskova, in contrast, managed just 56.8 percent on first serve and was broken six times.

Top seed Elina Svitolina continued her strong play with a 6-4, 6-0 win over fellow Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina.

Third-seeded Olga Danilovic survived a tough battle against Linda Fruhvirtova, coming through 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, while No. 5 Moyuka Uchijima of Japan came back from a set down to defeat France’s Lois Boisson 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

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