Birmingham Open: Mertens moves into last 16, beats Wozniacki

Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 5 seed, reached the last 16 of the Birmingham Open by winning against Dane wildcard Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-1 at Edgbaston Priory Club on Tuesday.

Mertens, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between Karolina Pliskova and American lucky loser Caroline Dolehide next.

Birmingham WTA 250, other 32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Yulia Putintseva vs. Clara Burel
• Katie Boulter vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Diana Shnaider vs. Amelia Rajecki
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Harriet Dart
• Heather Watson vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Daria Saville vs. Barbora Krejcikova: tuesday
• Leylah Fernandez (6) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-1, 6-1
• Viktorija Golubic (Q) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 6-1
• Lin Zhu beat Sorana Cirstea (3): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova (7) beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Jelena Ostapenko (1): 6-3, 6-3
• Sloane Stephens (WC) beat Yue Yuan: 6-3, 6-3
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4