Nottingham Open: Riske sets up Garcia showdown

American Alison Riske, the No 6 seed, defeated Ukrainian qualifier Daria Snigur 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Nottingham Open at Nottingham Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

Riske, ranked No 40, will face France’s Caroline Garcia, who scored a 6-3, 7-6 win over American Lauren Davis.

Nottingham WTA 250, first round results (Nottingham Tennis Centre, grass, USD 239.477)

• Katie Boulter (Q) beat Tatjana Maria: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Ajla Tomljanovic (5) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-4
• Yuriko Miyazaki (Q) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (7) beat Qiang Wang: 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
• Viktorija Golubic beat Emma Raducanu (2): 4-3 ab.
• Magda Linette (8) beat Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 7-6 [4], 6-2
• Shuai Zhang (4) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 7-6 [4], 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (1) beat Maria Camila Osorio Serrano: 6-2, 6-3
• Camila Giorgi (3) beat Sonay Kartal (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Rebecca Marino beat Eden Silva (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Tereza Martincova beat Oceane Dodin: 7-6 [1], 7-5
• Jodie Anna Burrage (WC) beat Lin Zhu: 7-6 [5], 6-4
• Heather Watson beat Katie Volynets: 6-4, 6-2
• Harriet Dart beat Donna Vekic: 6-4, 6-3