Bad Homburg Open: Niemeier stuns Sakkari to move into last 16

German lucky loser Jule Niemeier edged out Greek Maria Sakkari, the top seed, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4) to advance to the last 16 of the Bad Homburg Open.

Niemeier, ranked No 96, will play Spanish wildcard Paula Badosa next.

Bad Homburg WTA 250, other last-32 results

• Diane Parry vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Peyton Stearns vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Elina Svitolina
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Anna Blinkova
• Angelique Kerber vs. Diana Shnaider
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Clara Burel: monday
• Liudmila Samsonova (2) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-3, 6-1
• Linda Noskova beat Taylor Townsend (LL): 7-5, 6-1
• Emma Navarro (3) beat Jaqueline Cristian (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Donna Vekic beat Lucia Bronzetti (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Viktoriya Tomova (Q) beat Tatjana Maria (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Paula Badosa beat Arantxa Rus: 6-4, 6-1
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (6) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 6-0
• Dayana Yastremska beat Mirra Andreeva (8): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3