Bad Homburg Open: Samsonova beats Tomova to move into last 16

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the second seed, reached the last 16 of the Bad Homburg Open by winning against Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-4 at Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe on Sunday evening.

Samsonova, ranked No 15, will play the winner of the match between Czech Linda Noskova and Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Baindl next.

Bad Homburg WTA 250, other 32 results (Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Linda Noskova vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Emma Navarro vs. Donna Vekic
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Sonay Kartal
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Julia Grabher
• Mayar Sherif vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Alycia Parks vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Jil Teichmann vs. Claire Liu
• Iga Swiatek vs. Tatjana Maria
• Anna Blinkova (9) beat Sabine Lisicki (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Sara Errani beat Maryna Zanevska (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Alize Cornet beat Martina Trevisan: 6-4, 6-2
• Evgeniya Rodina beat Katie Volynets (LL): 6-0, 6-4
• Rebeka Masarova beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-3, 6-2