Bad Homburg Open: Great start from Pegula

American Jessica Pegula, the top seed, won against qualifier Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the last 8 of the Bad Homburg Open at the Bad Homburg vor der Höhe on Tuesday afternoon.

Pegula, ranked No 3, will play the winner of the match between Japanese wildcard Naomi Osaka and American Emma Navarro, the No 5 seed, next.

Siniakova, ranked No 78, defeated Russian lucky loser Veronika Kudermetova (7-6 (4), 7-5) in the previous round of the Bad Homburg tournament.

Bad Homburg WTA 500, other second-round results (Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Elina Svitolina vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Maria Sakkari
• Linda Noskova vs. Donna Vekic
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Clara Tauson
• Naomi Osaka vs. Emma Navarro
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Iga Swiatek
• Jasmine Paolini (2) beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-6 (8), 7-6 (6)