Birmingham Classic: Zhu ousts in-form Boulter in first round

Chinese Lin Zhu defeated Katie Boulter 7-5, 7-5 to reach the last 16 of the Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club on Tuesday afternoon.

Zhu, ranked No 39, will play Pole Magda Linette, the No 3 seed, next.

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

• Emina Bektas vs. Shuai Zhang
• Rebecca Marino vs. Xiyu Wang
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Harriet Dart vs. Jodie Burrage
• Tereza Martincova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Barbora Strycova: tuesday
• Jelena Ostapenko (2) beat Linda Noskova: 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
• Sorana Cirstea (8) beat Ana Bogdan (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
• Catherine McNally beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 7-5
• Venus Williams (WC) beat Camila Giorgi: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6)
• Anhelina Kalinina (5) beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-4
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Elina Svitolina (WC): 6-2, 6-0
• Bernarda Pera (6) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Magda Linette beat Jasmine Paolini: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4