Prague Open: Kanepi breezes past Stefanini to move into last 16

Estonian Kaia Kanepi won against Italian Lucrezia Stefanini 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Prague Open at TK Sparta Praha.

Kanepi, ranked No 92, will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 6 seed, and wildcard Lucie Havlickova next.

Prague WTA 250, other 32 results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Barbora Strycova vs. Ankita Raina
• Elvina Kalieva vs. Linda Noskova
• Heather Watson vs. Jule Niemeier
• Xiyu Wang vs. Clara Tauson
• Gabriela Knutson vs. Tereza Martincova
• Shuai Zhang vs. Yue Yuan
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Lin Zhu
• Alize Cornet vs. Lucie Havlickova: tuesday
• Patricia Maria Tig vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: tuesday
• Emiliana Arango (Q) beat Barbora Palicova (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Marie Bouzkova (1): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Viktoria Hruncakova (Q) beat Xinyu Wang (7): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Nao Hibino (LL) beat Sara Errani: 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
• Kateryna Baindl (8) beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Tamara Korpatsch (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-2, 6-4