Berlin Open: Sakkari downs Cornet in round one

Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 6 seed, reached the last 16 of the Berlin Open by defeating Frenchwoman Alize Cornet 6-4, 6-2 at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Wednesday.

Sakkari, ranked No 8, will play the winner of the match between Victoria Azarenka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich next.

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

• Victoria Azarenka vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Rebeka Masarova: wednesday
• Marketa Vondrousova (WC) beat Bianca Andreescu: 7-6, 7-5
• Veronika Kudermetova (WC) beat Qinwen Zheng: 6-4, 6-2
• Coco Gauff (5) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Liudmila Samsonova: 6-4, 6-3
• Jaimee Fourlis (Q) beat Xinyu Wang (Q): 3-6, 7-5 ret.
• Jule Niemeier (Q) beat Ons Jabeur (4): 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Vera Zvonareva (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Elena Rybakina (2) beat Polina Kudermetova (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Anna Blinkova beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5
• Elina Avanesyan (LL) 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