Birmingham Open: Stephens eases past Yuan to move into last 16

American wildcard Sloane Stephens beat Chinese Yue Yuan 6-3, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the Birmingham Open at Edgbaston Priory Club.

Stephens, ranked No 48, will face the winner of the match between Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the top seed, and Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto next.

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

• Daria Saville vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Harriet Dart
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Elise Mertens
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Clara Burel
• Katie Boulter vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Heather Watson vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Diana Shnaider vs. Amelia Rajecki
• Camila Osorio vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Lin Zhu vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Anna Blinkova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Magdalena Frech: monday