Birmingham Classic: Frech advances to last 16
Magdalena Frech defeated Barbora Strycova 7-6 (3), 6-1 on Tuesday evening. She’ll face No 8 seed Sorana Cirstea in the next round
Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech advanced to the last 16 of the Birmingham Classic by beating Czech Barbora Strycova 7-6 (3), 6-1 at Edgbaston Priory Club on Tuesday evening.
Frech, ranked No 72, will face No 8 seed Sorana Cirstea next.
Birmingham WTA 250, other 32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Emina Bektas vs. Shuai Zhang
- Rebecca Marino vs. Xiyu Wang
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Tereza Martincova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Harriet Dart vs. Jodie Burrage: tuesday
- Lin Zhu beat Katie Boulter: 7-5, 7-5
- Jelena Ostapenko (2) beat Linda Noskova: 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
- Sorana Cirstea beat Ana Bogdan (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
- 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
