Third-seeded Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic has secured a place in the Swedish Open quarter-finals by beating Russia's Evgeniya Rodina 6-4 6-1.
Strycova next faces Swedish seventh-seed Johanna Larsson, who beat Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-3 7-5.
In other second-round games at Bastad on Thursday, Rebecca Peterson claimed her second WTA win with a surprise victory over sixth-seeded Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.
She will meet the defending champion and No.4 seed Mona Barthel on Friday.
Klara Koukalova advanced to the quarter-finals by a walkover after top-ranked Serena Williams withdrew ahead of their second-round meeting, citing a right elbow injury during practice on Thursday morning.
Koukalova meets Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva, who beat Alize Lim of France 6-0 1-6 6-2.
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