Tuesday results and Wednesday program

The 16^are singles finals of the Saint-Malo Open ended this Tuesday, April 30. If Alizé Cornet successfully entered the competition against her compatriot Astrid Lew Yan Foon (6-1, 6-4), Kristina Mladenovic was on the other hand heavily beaten by the Australian Taylah Preston (6-0, 6-2) .

The round of 16 singles begins this Wednesday with four matches on the program (the other four will take place on Thursday). Three seeds will be in the running, including the No. 1 of the tournament, Costa Rican Clara Burel, facing Turkey’s Zeynep Sönmez. The end of the 8^are The doubles final will take place in parallel on courts 1 and 2.

Tuesday’s results. Singles (16^are final): C. Monnet (Fra, WC) beats S. Janicijevic (Fra) 6-3, 6-4; D. Gavrilova (Aus, No. 5) beats P. Kudermetova (Rus) 6-4, 6-4; A. Cornet (Fra, n° 8) beats A. Lew Yan Foon (Fra, q) 6-1, 6-4; S. Sierra (Arg, q) defeats E. Silva (GB, q) 6-4, 6-2; C. Paquet (Fra) beats R. Zarazua (Mex, n° 6) 3-6, 6-0, 6-4; T. Preston (Aus) beats K. Mladenovic (Fra, WC) 6-0, 6-2; J. Ponchet (Fra) beats A. Blinkova (Rus, n° 2) 7-5, 6-3; I. Shymanovich (Rus) beats A. Tikhonova (Rus) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; P. Stearns (USA, n° 3) beats M. Rouvroy (Fra) 6-4, 6-1; E. Arango (Col) beats A. Sharma (Aus) 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles (8^are final): I. Haverlag (P.-B.)/C. Naef (Sui) beat G. Olmos (Mex)/A. Panova (Rus, No. 1) 7-5, 6-1; C. Monnet/E. Cascino (Fra) beat D. Martynov/E. Inisan (Fra) 6-2, 6-1; C. Corley/I. Corley (USA) beat K. Kawa (Pol)/B. Schoofs (P.-B., n° 4) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-4; A. Anshba (Rus)/A. Detiuc (R.-T.) beat M. Léonard/E. Léné (Fra) 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Wednesday program. Singles (8^are final). Center Court (from 11 a.m.): S. Sierra (Arg, q) – L. Boisson (Fra, WC); C. Naef (Sui) – D. Saville (Aus, n° 5); K. Volynets (USA, n° 7) – C. Monnet (Fra, WC); C. Burel (Fra, n° 1) – Z. Sönmez (Tur).

Doubles (8^are final). Court No. 1 (from 12 p.m.): E. Silva (G.-B.)/A. Tikhonova (Rus) – O. Gadecki (Aus)/O. Nichols (UK, No. 2); S. Lansere (Rus)/J. Ponchet (Fra) – A. Lew Yan Foon/M. Rouvroy (Fra). Court No. 2 (from 12 p.m.): MP Perez Garcia (Col)/R. Zarazua (Mex) – E. Jacquemot/C. Package (Fra); A. Moratelli/C. Rosatello (Ita, n° 3) – L. Boisson/S. Janicijevic (Fra).