Dutch Open: Sasnovich advances to last 16

Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the No 7 seed, beat Italian Lucrezia Stefanini 6-0, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the Dutch Open at the Autotron Rosmalen in’s-Hertogenbosch on Tuesday.

Sasnovich, ranked No 71, will face Belgian Greet Minnen 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
• Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Celine Naef vs. Venus Williams
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-1, 6-2
• Bianca Andreescu (6) beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Polina Kudermetova beat Yue Yuan: 6-4, 6-3
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (4) beat Evgeniya Rodina: 6-3, 6-4
• Viktoria Hruncakova beat Susan Bandecchi (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• 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.