Berlin Open: Jabeur books spot in last 16

Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Berlin Open by beating Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang 6-4, 7-6 (4) at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Wednesday.

Jabeur, ranked No 10, will face Linda Noskova next.

Berlin WTA 500, other first-round results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sakkari (7): 6-4, 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova (Q) beat Liudmila Samsonova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Linda Noskova beat Angelique Kerber (WC): 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia: 6-4, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (6) beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Donna Vekic (WC) beat Jule Niemeier (WC): 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Katerina Siniakova (Q) beat Emma Navarro: 6-4, 6-3
• Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Rebeka Masarova (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Nao Hibino (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina beat Marta Kostyuk: 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Zeynep Sonmez (Q) beat Arantxa Rus (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 6-1