Hamburg Open: Pigossi beaten by wildcard Noha Akugue, misses out on last 16

German wildcard Noma Noha Akugue beat Brazilian Laura Pigossi 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Hamburg Open at Am Rothenbaum.

Noha Akugue, ranked No 207, will play the winner of the match between Croat Donna Vekic, the top seed, and Australian Storm Hunter next.

Victory on her Hologic WTA Tour main draw DEBUT 🙌

19-year-old wildcard Noma Noha Akugue defeats Pigossi in Hamburg to advance to the last 16!#HamburgOpen pic.twitter.com/8FzUDVT7au

— wta (@WTA) July 24, 2023

Hamburg WTA 250, other round of 32 matches (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 225,480, most recent results first):

• Eva Lys vs. Mayar Sherif
• Arantxa Rus vs. Maria Timofeeva
• Daria Saville vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Donna Vekic vs. Storm Hunter
• Bernarda Pera vs. Zeynep Sonmez
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Ella Seidel vs. Jule Niemeier
• Kaja Juvan vs. Kaia Kanepi
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Camila Osorio
• Miriam Bulgaru vs. Julia Grabher
• Diana Shnaider vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Martina Trevisan beat Elvina Kalieva: 6-1, 6-0
• Panna Udvardy beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Tamara Korpatsch beat Maria Lourdes Carle: 3-6, 6-2, 6-1