Bad Homburg Open: Gracheva beats Cristian to book spot in last 16

Russian Varvara Gracheva, the No 8 seed, reached the last 16 of the Bad Homburg Open by defeating Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 6-2, 6-1 at Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe on Monday.

Gracheva, ranked No 43, will face Italian Sara Errani next.

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

• Iga Swiatek vs. Tatjana Maria
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Sonay Kartal
• Jil Teichmann vs. Claire Liu
• Linda Noskova vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Emma Navarro vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Mayar Sherif vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Julia Grabher: monday
• Leylah Fernandez beat Lena Papadakis (LL): 6-0, 6-1
• Liudmila Samsonova (2) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-4
• 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