Bad Homburg Open: Sherif books spot in last 16

Egyptian Mayar Sherif, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Bad Homburg Open by edging out German wildcard Anna-Lena Friedsam 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 at Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe on Monday afternoon.

Sherif, ranked No 31, will face Italian Lucia Bronzetti next.

Bad Homburg WTA 250, other 32 results (Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Iga Swiatek vs. Tatjana Maria
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Sonay Kartal
• Jil Teichmann vs. Claire Liu: monday
• Emma Navarro beat Nadia Podoroska (LL): 6-2, 6-0
• Linda Noskova beat Kateryna Baindl (Q): 6-2, 7-5
• Varvara Gracheva (8) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-2, 6-1
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 6-1
• Leylah Fernandez beat Lena Papadakis (LL): 6-0, 6-1
• Liudmila Samsonova (2) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-4
• Anna Blinkova (9) beat Sabine Lisicki (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Sara Errani beat Maryna Zanevska (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Alize Cornet beat Martina Trevisan: 6-4, 6-2
• Evgeniya Rodina beat Katie Volynets (LL): 6-0, 6-4
• Rebeka Masarova beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-3, 6-2