Birmingham Classic: Linette moves into last 16

Pole Magda Linette, the No 3 seed, edged out Italian Jasmine Paolini 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club on Monday.

Linette, ranked No 20, will play the winner of the match between Katie Boulter and Chinese Lin Zhu next.

Birmingham WTA 250, other 32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Linda Noskova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Magdalena Frech vs. Barbora Strycova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Ana Bogdan
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Harriet Dart vs. Jodie Burrage
• Emina Bektas vs. Shuai Zhang
• Rebecca Marino vs. Xiyu Wang
• Katie Boulter vs. Lin Zhu
• Tereza Martincova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Lauren Davis vs. Catherine McNally
• Venus Williams vs. Camila Giorgi
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Alycia Parks
• Elina Svitolina vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Bernarda Pera: monday