Birmingham Open: Putintseva moves into quarter-finals

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva beat Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6-3, 6-0 to move into the last 8 of the Birmingham Open at Edgbaston Priory Club on Thursday.

Putintseva, ranked No 41, will face the winner of the match between American lucky loser Caroline Dolehide and Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 5 seed, next.

The Kazakh won against Frenchwoman Clara Burel (6-3, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Birmingham tournament, Kalinina, ranked No 47, benefited from the abandonment of No 4 seed Katie Boulter (6-3).

Birmingham WTA 250, other last 16 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Caroline Dolehide vs. Elise Mertens
• Harriet Dart vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Diana Shnaider vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Anastasia Potapova (7) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 7-5
• Leylah Fernandez (6) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Sloane Stephens (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Lin Zhu: 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-4