Berlin Open: Kudermetova makes last 16

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