Nottingham Open: Cornet advances to last 16, plays top seed Sakkari next

Frenchwoman Alize Cornet reached the last 16 of the Nottingham Open by edging out wildcard Katie Swan 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 at Nottingham Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Cornet, ranked No 72, will face Greek Maria Sakkari, the top seed, next.

Nottingham WTA 250, other round of 32 results (Nottingham Tennis Centre, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Anhelina Kalinina (5) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 7-5, 6-3
• Daria Snigur (LL) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (2): 6-4, 6-3
• Katie Boulter (WC) beat Emily Appleton (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Viktorija Golubic beat Jil Teichmann: 6-4, 6-3
• Camila Giorgi (7) beat Madison Brengle: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Elizabeth Mandlik (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Jodie Burrage beat Tereza Martincova: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (4)
• Harriet Dart (Q) beat Rebecca Marino: 6-4, 6-2
• Magda Linette (3) beat Olivia Gadecki (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Heather Watson (Q) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-4, 6-3
• Lin Zhu (8) beat Alycia Parks: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Maria Sakkari beat Xiyu Wang: 6-2, 7-6 (6)
• Magdalena Frech beat Sonay Kartal: 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
• Donna Vekic (4) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Tatjana Maria beat Shuai Zhang (6): 6-1, 6-4