Dutch Open: Birrell reaches last 16

Australian Kimberly Birrell beat Dutch wildcard Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Dutch Open at the Autotron Rosmalen in’s-Hertogenbosch on Tuesday.

Birrell, ranked No 117, will face No 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova next.

‘s-Hertogenbosch WTA 250, other 32 results (Autotron Rosmalen, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Sachia Vickery vs. Priscilla Hon
• Katie Volynets vs. Catherine McNally
• Celine Naef vs. Venus Williams: tuesday
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (7) beat Lucrezia Stefanini: 6-0, 6-3
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-1, 6-2
• Bianca Andreescu (6) beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Polina Kudermetova beat Yue Yuan: 6-4, 6-3
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Evgeniya Rodina: 6-3, 6-4
• Viktoria Hruncakova beat Susan Bandecchi (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Emina Bektas (Q) beat Dalma Galfi: 7-5, 7-6 (1)
• Liudmila Samsonova (2) beat Lena Papadakis (Q): 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3)
• Carol Zhao (Q) beat Ysaline Bonaventure: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4)
• Victoria Azarenka (3) beat Natalija Stevanovic (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Greet Minnen beat Jessika Ponchet: 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova (1) beat Alison Riske-Amritraj: 6-3, 3-0 ret.