Dutch Open: Alexandrova advances to last 16

No 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Evgeniya Rodina 6-3, 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Dutch Open at the Autotron Rosmalen in’s-Hertogenbosch on Tuesday.

Alexandrova, ranked No 26, will face the winner of the match between Dutch wildcard Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove and Australian Kimberly Birrell next.

‘s-Hertogenbosch WTA 250, other 32 results (Autotron Rosmalen, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Elise Mertens vs. Priscilla Hon
• Katie Volynets vs. Catherine McNally
• Celine Naef vs. Venus Williams
• Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
• Zeynep Sonmez vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Polina Kudermetova vs. Yue Yuan: tuesday
• Susan Bandecchi vs. Viktoria Hruncakova: tuesday
• Emina Bektas (Q) beat Dalma Galfi: 7-5, 7-6 (1)
• Liudmila Samsonova (2) beat Lena Papadakis (Q): 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3)
• Carol Zhao (Q) beat Ysaline Bonaventure: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4)
• Victoria Azarenka (3) beat Natalija Stevanovic (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Greet Minnen beat Jessika Ponchet: 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova (1) beat Alison Riske-Amritraj: 6-3, 3-0 ret.