Brilliant day for the Brits as Alicia Dudeney, Hannah Klugman and Jodie Burrage progress to Lexus Wrexham Open quarter-finals

It was a brilliant day for the Brits at the Lexus Wrexham Open as Alicia Dudeney, Hannah Klugman and Jodie Burrage all won to progress to tomorrow's quarter-finals.

The in-form Dudeney extended her winning run to seven matches as she booked a last eight spot in the World Tennis Tour W100 event at Wrexham Tennis & Padel Centre, with Klugman, another current British top 10 player, and Burrage then joining her as they made it a hat-trick of British winners on a successful day.

Dudeney, who will next face French player Elsa Jacquemot, got the better of seventh seed Susan Bandecchi from Switzerland 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 in a match lasting two hours and 51 minutes.

Dudeney, the winner of a W35 tournament in Birmingham last week and currently ranked 232, was delighted to progress against Bandecchi, the current world No.139.

"That was a very long match," she said. "It was really nice to get through that one. I think I played really well today, it was a great match. Susan is a very tricky opponent, she fights unbelievably hard, so it was really nice to get over the finish line."

She is now preparing to face Jacqemot, who was a 7-6, 7-6 winner against Slovakia's Viktoria Morvayova, in tomorrow's quarter-finals.

Dudeney added: "I haven't played her before, so I don't know too much about her, but hopefully I can go out and play how I've been playing again and it will be another good match."

She was followed into the Carden Park Arena by Klugman, with the 17-year-old producing another excellent performance to beat higher ranked Czech player Anna Siskova, the world No.172.

Siskova had knocked out second seed Alina Charaeva in the first round, but this was to be Klugman's day as she completed a 6-2, 6-4 win. Klugman, who reached the French Open junior girls' final last year and is currently ranked 341, will play sixth seed Rebecca Sramkova from Slovakia, who beat Italian Noemi Basiletti 6-0, 7-5, in the last eight tomorrow.

Burrage ensured further British representation in the last eight by joining Klugman and Dudeney in the quarter-final line up after impressively beating fourth seed Noma Noha Akugue, the world No.127 from Germany, 6-1, 7-6, winning the second set tiebreak 11-9.

Burrage will next play Marina Bassols Ribera, the fifth seed, following the Spanish star's 6-1, 0-6, 6-2 victory over Australian Lizette Cabrera.

"It was a really tough match," said Bassols Ribera, the world No.130. "I think I played so good the first set. The second one I started a little bit down in the score and then I think she played more aggressive and it was a super quick second set.

"Then I focused on my game again in the third one, so I'm so happy to win this match."

As for progressing to the last eight, she added: "I can't wait to play tomorrow. I'll now rest a little bit and then prepare for the match. I'm so excited to play tomorrow again."

This is the first time Bassols Ribera has visited Wrexham and she is enjoying this week's tournament.

"Yes, really good," she smiled. "It's a little bit cold for me, but I enjoy going to tournaments and this one is so nice. The organisation is so good, so I hope that I can continue winning. Let's see."

Top seed Anna Blinkova, the French player currently 72 in the world rankings, fell at the second round stage as she lost 6-3, 6-2 against Suzan Lamens from the Netherlands, who will now meet American Dalayna Hewitt, a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Czech player Lucie Havlickova, in the quarter-finals.

Tomorrow's matches at Wrexham Tennis & Padel Centre start at 10.30am, with admission, which includes a 44-page tournament programme, £25 for adults and £19 for under-16s.