Birmingham Classic: Zhu ousts in-form Boulter in first round
Lin Zhu defeated Katie Boulter 7-5, 7-5 on Tuesday and will play Pole Magda Linette, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Lin Zhu, Tennis in the Land Cleveland
Chinese Lin Zhu defeated Katie Boulter 7-5, 7-5 to reach the last 16 of the Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club on Tuesday afternoon.
Zhu, ranked No 39, will play Pole Magda Linette, the No 3 seed, next.
Birmingham WTA 250, other 32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Emina Bektas vs. Shuai Zhang
- Rebecca Marino vs. Xiyu Wang
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Harriet Dart vs. Jodie Burrage
- Tereza Martincova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Magdalena Frech vs. Barbora Strycova: tuesday
- Jelena Ostapenko (2) beat Linda Noskova: 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
- Sorana Cirstea (8) beat Ana Bogdan (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
- Catherine McNally beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 7-5
- Venus Williams (WC) beat Camila Giorgi: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6)
- Anhelina Kalinina (5) beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-4
- Linda Fruhvirtova beat Elina Svitolina (WC): 6-2, 6-0
- Bernarda Pera (6) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Magda Linette beat Jasmine Paolini: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
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