Bad Homburg Open: Stearns advances to last 16

American Peyton Stearns advanced to the last 16 of the Bad Homburg Open by beating German lucky loser Julia Stusek 6-2, 7-5 at the Bod Homburg vor der Höhe on Tuesday.

Stearns, ranked No 59, will play American Emma Navarro, the No 3 seed, next.

Bad Homburg WTA 250, other first-round results (Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Elina Svitolina
• Diane Parry vs. Veronika Kudermetova: tuesday
• Diana Shnaider beat Angelique Kerber: 7-5, 6-3
• Anna Blinkova beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (4) beat Tamara Korpatsch (LL): 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Katerina Siniakova beat Clara Burel: 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-1
• Jule Niemeier (LL) beat Maria Sakkari (1): 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Liudmila Samsonova (2) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-3, 6-1
• Linda Noskova beat Taylor Townsend (LL): 7-5, 6-1
• Emma Navarro beat Jaqueline Cristian (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Donna Vekic beat Lucia Bronzetti (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Viktoriya Tomova (Q) beat Tatjana Maria (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (WC) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-4, 6-1
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (6) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 6-0
• Dayana Yastremska beat Mirra Andreeva (8): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3