Berlin Open: Blinkova advances to last 16
Anna Blinkova edged out Laura Siegemund 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5 on Tuesday. She’ll face lucky loser Elina Avanesyan in the next round
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Russian Anna Blinkova edged out German qualifier Laura Siegemund 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5 to reach the last 16 of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Tuesday.
Blinkova, ranked No 44, will play lucky loser Elina Avanesyan next.
Berlin WTA 500, other 32 results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 678.814, most recent results first):
- Maria Sakkari vs. Alize Cornet
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Coco Gauff
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Jaimee Fourlis vs. Xinyu Wang: tuesday
- Jule Niemeier vs. Ons Jabeur: tuesday
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Vera Zvonareva (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina (2) beat Polina Kudermetova (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Elina Avanesyan beat Daria Kasatkina (8): 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
- 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
