Hamburg Open: Niemeier battles past spirited Seidel to book spot in last 16

Wildcard Jule Niemeier reached the last 16 of the Hamburg Open by winning against wildcard Ella Seidel 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3 at Am Rothenbaum.

Niemeier, ranked No 106, will play Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 6 seed, next.

Hamburg WTA 250, other 32 results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):

• Eva Lys vs. Mayar Sherif
• Arantxa Rus vs. Maria Timofeeva
• Daria Saville vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Donna Vekic vs. Storm Hunter
• Bernarda Pera vs. Zeynep Sonmez
• Nadia Podoroska beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 7-5
• Camila Osorio (8) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-4, 6-3
• Kaia Kanepi beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Julia Grabher (5) beat Miriam Bulgaru (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider beat Polina Kudermetova (Q): 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
• Yulia Putintseva beat Elsa Jacquemot (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Noma Noha Akugue (WC) beat Laura Pigossi: 7-5, 6-4
• Martina Trevisan beat Elvina Kalieva: 6-1, 6-0
• Panna Udvardy beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Tamara Korpatsch beat Maria Lourdes Carle: 3-6, 6-2, 6-1