Berlin Open: Kudermetova reaches last 16

Qualifier Veronika Kudermetova reached the last 16 of the Berlin Open by edging out Liudmila Samsonova 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club.

Kudermetova, ranked No 35, will play No 3 seed Elena Rybakina next.

Berlin WTA 500, other last-32 results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Xinyu Wang vs. Ons Jabeur
• Maria Sakkari vs. Victoria Azarenka: tuesday
• Linda Noskova beat Angelique Kerber (WC): 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia: 6-4, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (6) beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Donna Vekic (WC) beat Jule Niemeier (WC): 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Katerina Siniakova (Q) beat Emma Navarro: 6-4, 6-3
• Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Rebeka Masarova (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Nao Hibino (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina beat Marta Kostyuk: 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Zeynep Sonmez (Q) beat Arantxa Rus (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 6-1