Berlin Open: Wimbledon champion Rybakina opens grass-court campaign with easy win

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the second seed, won against Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the last 16 of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Tuesday.

Wimbledon champion Rybakina, ranked No 3, will play Croat Donna Vekic next.

Berlin WTA 500, other last-32 results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 678.814, most recent results first):

• Maria Sakkari vs. Alize Cornet
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Coco Gauff
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Jule Niemeier vs. Ons Jabeur
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Jaimee Fourlis vs. Xinyu Wang
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Vera Zvonareva
• Laura Siegemund vs. Anna Blinkova: tuesday
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Elina Avanesyan: tuesday
• Caroline Garcia (3) beat Sabine Lisicki (WC): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Petra Kvitova (7) beat Karolina Pliskova: 6-3, 6-4
• Donna Vekic beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-3, 6-2