Strasbourg Open: Samsonova upsets Krejcikova to make last 16

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 5 seed, edged out Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Monday.

Samsonova, ranked No 19, will face Canadian Leylah Fernandez next.

Strasbourg WTA 500, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 802.237, most recent results first):

• Emma Navarro vs. Alize Cornet
• Erika Andreeva vs. Fiona Ferro: monday
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-3
• Elina Svitolina (7) beat Diane Parry: 6-3, 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (6) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-0, 7-5
• Katerina Siniakova beat Yulia Putintseva (Q): 6-0, 7-5
• Xinyu Wang beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Magda Linette beat Sorana Cirstea: 7-5, 7-5
• Clara Burel beat Karolina Pliskova (WC): 7-5, 0-6, 6-1
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (8): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez beat Anastasia Potapova: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3