Berlin Open: Alexandrova knocks out Haddad Maia to reach last 16

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club.

Alexandrova, ranked No 20, will play top seed Coco Gauff next.

Berlin WTA 500, other last-32 results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Xinyu Wang vs. Ons Jabeur
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Maria Sakkari vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Linda Noskova vs. Angelique Kerber: tuesday
• Qinwen Zheng (6) beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Donna Vekic (WC) beat Jule Niemeier (WC): 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Katerina Siniakova (Q) beat Emma Navarro: 6-4, 6-3
• Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Rebeka Masarova (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Nao Hibino (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina beat Marta Kostyuk: 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Zeynep Sonmez (Q) beat Arantxa Rus (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 6-1