Birmingham Open: Zhu upsets Cirstea to move into last 16

Chinese Lin Zhu moved into the last 16 of the Birmingham Open by beating Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 3 seed, 7-6 (2), 6-2 at Edgbaston Priory Club.

Zhu, ranked No 54, will play Australian Ajla Tomljanovic next.

Birmingham WTA 250, other last-32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Yulia Putintseva vs. Clara Burel
• Katie Boulter vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Diana Shnaider vs. Amelia Rajecki
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Harriet Dart
• Heather Watson vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Daria Saville vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Elise Mertens
• Camila Osorio vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova (7) beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• 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