Berlin Open: Lucky loser Avanesyan upsets Kasatkina books spot in last 16

Lucky loser Elina Avanesyan edged out No 8 seed Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7) to move into the last 16 of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Tuesday.

Avanesyan, ranked No 81, will face the winner of the match between German qualifier Laura Siegemund and Russian Anna Blinkova next.

Berlin WTA 500, other 32 results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 678.814, most recent results first):

• Maria Sakkari vs. Alize Cornet
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Jule Niemeier vs. Ons Jabeur
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Jaimee Fourlis vs. Xinyu Wang
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Coco Gauff
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Vera Zvonareva (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Elena Rybakina (2) beat Polina Kudermetova (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Laura Siegemund vs. Anna Blinkova: tuesday
• Caroline Garcia (3) beat Sabine Lisicki (WC): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Petra Kvitova (7) beat Karolina Pliskova: 6-3, 6-4
• Donna Vekic beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-3, 6-2