Birmingham Classic: Dart books spot in quarter-finals

Wildcard Harriet Dart beat Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 5 seed, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to move into the quarter-finals of the Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club on Wednesday.

Dart, ranked No 134, will play the winner of the match between American Catherine McNally and Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 4 seed, next.

Harriet Dart edged out wildcard Jodie Burrage (4-6, 6-2, 7-5) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Birmingham tournament, Kalinina, ranked No 26, won against American Alycia Parks (6-4, 6-4).

Birmingham WTA 250, other last 16 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Catherine McNally vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Venus Williams vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Tereza Martincova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Magdalena Frech
• Rebecca Marino vs. Emina Bektas
• Lin Zhu beat Magda Linette (3): 6-3, 6-0
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Bernarda Pera (6): 6-1, 7-6 (3)