Birmingham Classic: Linda Fruhvirtova advances to last 16, beats Svitolina

Czech Linda Fruhvirtova advanced to the last 16 of the Birmingham Classic by defeating Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-0 at Edgbaston Priory Club on Monday.

Fruhvirtova, ranked No 57, will play American Bernarda Pera, the No 6 seed, next.

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Birmingham WTA 250, other 32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Linda Noskova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Magdalena Frech vs. Barbora Strycova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Ana Bogdan
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Harriet Dart vs. Jodie Burrage
• Emina Bektas vs. Shuai Zhang
• Rebecca Marino vs. Xiyu Wang
• Katie Boulter vs. Lin Zhu
• Tereza Martincova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Venus Williams vs. Camila Giorgi
• Lauren Davis vs. Catherine McNally
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Alycia Parks: monday
• Bernarda Pera beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Magda Linette (3) beat Jasmine Paolini: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4