Birmingham Classic: Linda Fruhvirtova advances to last 16, beats Svitolina
Linda Fruhvirtova beat Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-0 on Monday afternoon and will play American Bernarda Pera, the No 6 seed, in the next round

Czech Linda Fruhvirtova advanced to the last 16 of the Birmingham Classic by defeating Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-0 at Edgbaston Priory Club on Monday.
Fruhvirtova, ranked No 57, will play American Bernarda Pera, the No 6 seed, next.
Birmingham WTA 250, other 32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Linda Noskova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Magdalena Frech vs. Barbora Strycova
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Ana Bogdan
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Harriet Dart vs. Jodie Burrage
- Emina Bektas vs. Shuai Zhang
- Rebecca Marino vs. Xiyu Wang
- Katie Boulter vs. Lin Zhu
- Tereza Martincova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Venus Williams vs. Camila Giorgi
- Lauren Davis vs. Catherine McNally
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Alycia Parks: monday
- Bernarda Pera beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Magda Linette (3) beat Jasmine Paolini: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4