Birmingham Open: Tomljanovic breezes past Blinkova to make last 16
Ajla Tomljanovic defeated Anna Blinkova 6-2, 6-1. She’ll play the winner of the match between Lin Zhu and Sorana Cirstea, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Ajla Tomljanovic, Birmingham, 2024 © Action Plus / Panoramic
Australian Ajla Tomljanovic reached the last 16 of the Birmingham Open by beating Russian Anna Blinkova 6-2, 6-1 at Edgbaston Priory Club.
Tomljanovic, ranked No 190, will play the winner of the match between Chinese Lin Zhu and Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 3 seed, next.
Birmingham WTA 250, other last-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
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Elise Mertens
- Camila Osorio vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Lin Zhu vs. Sorana Cirstea: monday
- 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
