Birmingham Open: Bouzkova advances to last 16

No 8 seed Marie Bouzkova moved into the last 16 of the Birmingham Open by edging out wildcard Heather Watson 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 at Edgbaston Priory Club on Tuesday.

Bouzkova, ranked No 37, will play the winner of the match between Russian Diana Shnaider and qualifier Amelia Rajecki next.

Birmingham WTA 250, other last-32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Katie Boulter vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Clara Burel
• Diana Shnaider vs. Amelia Rajecki: tuesday
• Harriet Dart (WC) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Barbora Krejcikova (2) beat Daria Saville (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Elise Mertens (5) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Leylah Fernandez (6) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-1, 6-1
• Viktorija Golubic (Q) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 6-1
• Lin Zhu beat Sorana Cirstea (3): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova (7) beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Jelena Ostapenko (1): 6-3, 6-3
• Sloane Stephens (WC) beat Yue Yuan: 6-3, 6-3
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4