Birmingham Open: Potapova books spot in last 16
Anastasia Potapova defeated Elina Avanesyan 6-4, 6-4 on Monday afternoon and will face Italian Lucia Bronzetti in the next round
Potapova, Birmingham, 2024 © Action Plus / Panoramic
No 7 seed Anastasia Potapova advanced to the last 16 of the Birmingham Open by beating qualifier Elina Avanesyan 6-4, 6-4 at Edgbaston Priory Club on Monday.
Potapova, ranked No 36, will play Italian Lucia Bronzetti next.
Birmingham WTA 250, other 32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Daria Saville vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Harriet Dart
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Elise Mertens
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Clara Burel
- Katie Boulter vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Heather Watson vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Diana Shnaider vs. Amelia Rajecki
- Camila Osorio vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Anna Blinkova
- Lin Zhu vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Jelena Ostapenko (1): 6-3, 6-3
- Sloane Stephens (WC) beat Yue Yuan: 6-3, 6-3
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
