Bad Homburg Open: Andreescu edges past tricky Kartal test to reach last 16
Bianca Andreescu edged out Sonay Kartal 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 and will face Spaniard Rebeka Masarova in the next round
Bianca Andreescu at Roland-Garros (Zuma/Panoramic)
Canadian Bianca Andreescu, the No 5 seed, edged out wildcard Sonay Kartal 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 to move into the last 16 of the Bad Homburg Open at Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe.
Andreescu, ranked No 51, will face Spaniard Rebeka Masarova next.
Bad Homburg WTA 250, other 32 results (Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Tatjana Maria
- Katerina Siniakova beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (7): 6-3, 6-4
- Jil Teichmann (Q) beat Claire Liu (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Emma Navarro beat Nadia Podoroska (LL): 6-2, 6-0
- Linda Noskova beat Kateryna Baindl (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Mayar Sherif (4) beat Anna-Lena Friedsam (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Varvara Gracheva (8) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-2, 6-1
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 6-1
- Leylah Fernandez beat Lena Papadakis (LL): 6-0, 6-1
- Liudmila Samsonova (2) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-4
- Anna Blinkova (9) beat Sabine Lisicki (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
- Sara Errani beat Maryna Zanevska (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Alize Cornet beat Martina Trevisan: 6-4, 6-2
- Evgeniya Rodina beat Katie Volynets (LL): 6-0, 6-4
- Rebeka Masarova beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-3, 6-2
