Hungarian Open: Liu makes last 16

Claire Liu advanced to the last 16 of the Hungarian Open by winning against qualifier Louisa Chirico 6-4, 6-4 at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest on Monday.

Liu, ranked No 88, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Volodko and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 4 seed, next.

Budapest WTA 250, other 32 results (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Amarissa Toth vs. Shuai Zhang
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Storm Hunter
• Kateryna Volodko vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Timea Babos vs. Anna Bondar
• Fanny Stollar vs. Irene Burillo Escorihuela
• Daria Saville vs. Tereza Martincova
• Valentini Grammatikopoulou vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Evgeniya Rodina vs. Anna Siskova
• Bernarda Pera vs. Diana Shnaider
• Natalia Szabanin vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Tatjana Maria vs. Carole Monnet: monday
• Kaja Juvan (Q) beat Kristina Kucova: 7-5, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan (6) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (8) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-2, 6-0
• Astra Sharma (Q) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (7): 6-3, 6-3