Birmingham Classic: Pera moves into last 16

American Bernarda Pera, the No 6 seed, defeated Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 7-6 (3) to move into the last 16 of the Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club on Monday afternoon.

Pera, ranked No 27, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina and Czech Linda Fruhvirtova next.

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
• Lauren Davis vs. Catherine McNally
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Alycia Parks
• Venus Williams vs. Camila Giorgi
• Elina Svitolina vs. Linda Fruhvirtova: monday
• Magda Linette (3) beat Jasmine Paolini: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4