Birmingham Open: Zhu upsets Cirstea to move into last 16

Lin Zhu won against Sorana Cirstea 7-6 (2), 6-2 on Monday. She’ll play Australian Ajla Tomljanovic in the next round

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Chinese Lin Zhu moved into the last 16 of the Birmingham Open by beating Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 3 seed, 7-6 (2), 6-2 at Edgbaston Priory Club.

Zhu, ranked No 54, will play Australian Ajla Tomljanovic next.

Birmingham WTA 250, other last-32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

  • Yulia Putintseva vs. Clara Burel
  • Katie Boulter vs. Anhelina Kalinina
  • Karolina Pliskova vs. Caroline Dolehide
  • Diana Shnaider vs. Amelia Rajecki
  • Moyuka Uchijima vs. Harriet Dart
  • Heather Watson vs. Marie Bouzkova
  • Daria Saville vs. Barbora Krejcikova
  • Caroline Wozniacki vs. Elise Mertens
  • Camila Osorio vs. Viktorija Golubic
  • Leylah Fernandez vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
  • Ajla Tomljanovic beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 6-1
  • Anastasia Potapova (7) beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 6-4, 6-4
  • Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Jelena Ostapenko (1): 6-3, 6-3
  • Sloane Stephens (WC) beat Yue Yuan: 6-3, 6-3
  • Lucia Bronzetti beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

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