Adelaide International 2: Alexandrova makes last 16

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova beat local wildcard Jaimee Fourlis 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Adelaide International 2 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Monday.

Alexandrova, ranked No 19, will play the winner of the match between Belarusian wildcard Victoria Azarenka and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 6 seed, next.

Adelaide WTA 500, other first round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Sorana Cirstea (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Danielle Collins (10) beat Karolina Pliskova (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Petra Kvitova (12) beat Elena Rybakina: 6-3, 7-5
• Jil Teichmann (Q) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 7-5, 6-4
• Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Shelby Rogers
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Paula Badosa
• Kaia Kanepi vs. Storm Hunter
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Garbine Muguruza vs. Belinda Bencic