Stuttgart Open: Niemeier advances to second round

Jule Niemeier reached the second round of the Stuttgart Open by edging out fellow German wildcard Laura Siegemund 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Porsche-Arena on Tuesday evening.

Niemeier, ranked No 121, will face the winner of the match between German wildcard Eva Lys and Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 5 seed, next.

Stuttgart WTA 500, other first-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):

• Tatjana Maria vs. Ella Seidel
• Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Errani
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Erika Andreeva
• Emma Navarro vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Eva Lys vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Liudmila Samsonova: 6-3, 6-3
• Jana Fett (Q) beat Donna Vekic: 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Jelena Ostapenko beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 6-3, 3-0 ret.
• Diana Shnaider (8) beat Veronika Kudermetova (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Tauson: 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-3
• Elise Mertens beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2