Hamburg Open: Hunter advances to last 16, knocks out top seed Vekic

Australian Storm Hunter won against Croat Donna Vekic, the top seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the Hamburg Open at Am Rothenbaum on Tuesday.

Hunter, ranked No 154, will face German wildcard Noma Noha Akugue next.

Hamburg WTA 250, other round of 32 results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):

• Arantxa Rus (7) beat Maria Timofeeva: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Daria Saville (Q) beat Jasmine Paolini (4): 6-0, 7-6 (3)
• Eva Lys beat Mayar Sherif (2): 6-1, 6-1
• Bernarda Pera (3) beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
• Jule Niemeier (WC) beat Ella Seidel (WC): 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3
• Nadia Podoroska beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 7-5
• Camila Osorio (8) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-4, 6-3
• Kaia Kanepi beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Julia Grabher (5) beat Miriam Bulgaru (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider beat Polina Kudermetova (Q): 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
• Yulia Putintseva (6) beat Elsa Jacquemot (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Noma Noha Akugue beat Laura Pigossi: 7-5, 6-4
• Martina Trevisan beat Elvina Kalieva: 6-1, 6-0
• Panna Udvardy beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Tamara Korpatsch beat Maria Lourdes Carle: 3-6, 6-2, 6-1