Eastbourne Open: Boulter holds off Martic to make last 16

Katie Boulter won against Croat lucky loser Petra Martic 6-1, 7-6 (8) to advance to the last 16 of the Eastbourne Open at Devonshire Park Lawn Club on Tuesday afternoon.

Boulter, ranked No 32, will face Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 5 seed, next.

Eastbourne WTA 500, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Club, grass, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Daria Kasatkina vs. Xinyu Wang: tuesday
• Karolina Muchova beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 3-1 ret.
• Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-4, 6-0
• Elise Mertens beat Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-5
• Leylah Fernandez beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Yue Yuan beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-3, 6-6 ret.
• Jelena Ostapenko beat Greet Minnen (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Harriet Dart (WC) beat Marie Bouzkova: 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-4
• Magda Linette (Q) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (8): 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Anhelina Kalinina (Q) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-3, 6-2