Berlin Open: Blinkova advances to last 16

Russian Anna Blinkova edged out German qualifier Laura Siegemund 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5 to reach the last 16 of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Tuesday.

Blinkova, ranked No 44, will play lucky loser Elina Avanesyan next.

Berlin WTA 500, other 32 results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 678.814, most recent results first):

• Maria Sakkari vs. Alize Cornet
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Coco Gauff
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Jaimee Fourlis vs. Xinyu Wang: tuesday
• Jule Niemeier vs. Ons Jabeur: tuesday
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Vera Zvonareva (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Elena Rybakina (2) beat Polina Kudermetova (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Daria Kasatkina (8): 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
• Caroline Garcia (3) beat Sabine Lisicki (WC): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Petra Kvitova (7) beat Karolina Pliskova: 6-3, 6-4
• Donna Vekic beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-3, 6-2