Eastbourne Open: Raducanu routs Stephens to reach last 16

Wildcard Emma Raducanu beat American Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-0 to reach the last 16 of the Eastbourne Open at Devonshire Park Lawn Club on Tuesday.

Raducanu, ranked No 168, will play second seed Jessica Pegula next.

Eastbourne WTA 500, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Club, grass, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Daria Kasatkina vs. Xinyu Wang
• Katie Boulter vs. Petra Martic
• Karolina Muchova beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 3-1 ret.
• Elise Mertens beat Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-5
• Leylah Fernandez beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Yue Yuan beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-3, 6-6 ret.
• Jelena Ostapenko (5) beat Greet Minnen (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Harriet Dart (WC) beat Marie Bouzkova: 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-4
• Magda Linette (Q) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (8): 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Anhelina Kalinina (Q) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-3, 6-2