Eastbourne Open: Krueger advances to last 16

American qualifier Ashlyn Krueger advanced to the last 16 of the Eastbourne Open by edging out Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-5 at Devonshire Park Lawn Club on Tuesday.

Krueger, ranked No 87, will face Canadian Leylah Fernandez next.

Eastbourne WTA 500, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Club, grass, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Daria Kasatkina vs. Xinyu Wang
• Katie Boulter vs. Petra Martic
• Karolina Muchova vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Sloane Stephens vs. Emma Raducanu: tuesday
• Elise Mertens beat Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Yue Yuan beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-3, 6-6 ret.
• Jelena Ostapenko (5) beat Greet Minnen (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Harriet Dart (WC) beat Marie Bouzkova: 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-4
• Magda Linette (Q) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (8): 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Anhelina Kalinina (Q) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-3, 6-2