Berlin Open: Kudermetova makes last 16
Veronika Kudermetova beat Qinwen Zheng 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday and will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, in the next round
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Russian wildcard Veronika Kudermetova moved into the last 16 of the Berlin Open by winning against Chinese Qinwen Zheng 6-4, 6-2 at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Wednesday.
Kudermetova, ranked No 13, will play Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, next.
Berlin WTA 500, other last-32 results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 678.814, most recent results first):
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Marketa Vondrousova: wednesday
- Maria Sakkari vs. Alize Cornet: wednesday
- Coco Gauff (5) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Liudmila Samsonova: 6-4, 6-3
- Jaimee Fourlis (Q) beat Xinyu Wang (Q): 3-6, 7-5 ret.
- Jule Niemeier (Q) beat Ons Jabeur (4): 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Aryna Sabalenka beat Vera Zvonareva (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina (2) beat Polina Kudermetova (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Anna Blinkova beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5
- Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Daria Kasatkina (8): 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
- 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
