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Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini reacts after winning a point against Germany's Jule Niemeier during their Women's Singles round of 16 tennis match of the Stuttgart Open Tennis tournament. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa
Italian Jasmine Paolini overcame some second-set hiccups as she beat Germany's Jule Niemeier 6-1, 7-5 on Thursday for a place in the Porsche Grand Prix quarter-finals.
After dominating the first set in Stuttgart, the fifth seeded French Open and Wimbledon finalist Paolini also opened a 2-0 lead in the second.
Niemeier fought back to 2-2, and survived another break in the seventh game en route to a 5-4 lead. But Paolini broke through again for 6-5 and served out matters in the next game after 1 hour 26 minutes.
"I still think that personally it was a positive week for me," Niemeier said.
Third seed Jessica Pegula made it to the quarters with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Magdalena Frech of Poland, while American compatriot and fourth seed Coco Gauff advanced after a 6-1, 6-1 win against Germany's Ella Seidel.
Also into the last eight is Ekaterina Alexandrova, who ousted sixth seeded Mirra Andreeva, 6-3, 6-2.
Because of the Good Friday holiday, the quarter-finals are played on Saturday, and the indoor clay tournament runs until Monday.
Also in the quarters are world number one Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and second-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland.
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US tennis player Coco Gauff in action against Germany's Ella Seidel during their women's singles round of 16 match of the Stuttgart Open Tennis tournament. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa
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American tennis player Jessica Pegula in action against Poland's Magdalena Frech during their Women's Singles round of 16 tennis match of the Stuttgart Open Tennis tournament. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa
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