Dutch Open: Azarenka advances to last 16

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 3 seed, defeated Serb qualifier Natalija Stevanovic 7-6 (5), 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Dutch Open at the Autotron Rosmalen in’s-Hertogenbosch on Monday.

Azarenka, ranked No 19, will play the winner of the match between Swede Rebecca Peterson and American Ashlyn Krueger next.

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

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