Prague Open: Wang books spot in last 16

Chinese Xiyu Wang won against Dane Clara Tauson 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the last 16 of the Prague Open at TK Sparta Praha on Tuesday evening.

Wang, ranked No 81, will face Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 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: tuesday
• Jule Niemeier beat Heather Watson: 6-2, 6-3
• Tereza Martincova (WC) beat Gabriela Knutson (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Yanina Wickmayer beat Lin Zhu (2): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Yue Yuan beat Shuai Zhang (3): 6-2, 6-2
• Alize Cornet (6) beat Lucie Havlickova (WC): 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
• Kaia Kanepi beat Lucrezia Stefanini: 6-2, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Patricia Maria Tig: 6-2, 6-2
• 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