Birmingham Classic: Cirstea advances to last 16

Eighth seed Sorana Cirstea beat qualifier Ana Bogdan 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club on Tuesday.

Cirstea, ranked No 38, will play the winner of the match between Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech and Czech Barbora Strycova next.

Birmingham WTA 250, other last-32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Emina Bektas vs. Shuai Zhang
• Rebecca Marino vs. Xiyu Wang
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Harriet Dart vs. Jodie Burrage
• Magdalena Frech vs. Barbora Strycova
• Tereza Martincova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Katie Boulter vs. Lin Zhu: tuesday
• Jelena Ostapenko (2) beat Linda Noskova: 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
• Catherine McNally beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 7-5
• Venus Williams (WC) beat Camila Giorgi: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6)
• Anhelina Kalinina (5) beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-4
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Elina Svitolina (WC): 6-2, 6-0
• Bernarda Pera (6) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Magda Linette (3) beat Jasmine Paolini: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4