Poland Open: Watson reaches last 16, knocks out third seed Siniakova

Heather Watson defeated No 3 seed Katerina Siniakova 7-5, 6-2 to move into the last 16 of the Poland Open at the Legia Tennis Centre in Warsaw on Tuesday evening.

Watson, ranked No 146, will play Belarusian qualifier Yuliya Hatouka next.

Warsaw WTA 250, other round of 32 results (Legia Tennis Centre, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Claire Liu vs. Yue Yuan
• Iga Swiatek vs. Nigina Abduraimova: tuesday
• Yuliya Hatouka beat Jessika Ponchet: 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
• Linda Noskova (8) beat Jana Fett (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Karolina Muchova (2) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 4-6, 7-6, 6-3
• Tatjana Maria beat Natalija Stevanovic (LL): 6-3, 6-1
• Tereza Martincova beat Shuai Zhang (5): 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Clara Tauson beat Daria Snigur: 6-2, 6-3
• Jodie Burrage beat Ankita Raina (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Rebecca Sramkova (Q) beat Weronika Ewald (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Lin Zhu (4) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-4, 6-2
• Lucrezia Stefanini beat Linda Fruhvirtova (7): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Viktoria Hruncakova beat Kristina Kucova: 7-5, 6-3
• Laura Siegemund beat Maja Chwalinska (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Yanina Wickmayer beat Nao Hibino: 6-2, 6-4