Eastbourne Open: Kasatkina advances to last 16

Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 6 seed, defeated Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-4, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Eastbourne Open at Devonshire Park Lawn Club on Tuesday evening.

Kasatkina, ranked No 14, will face Chinese Yue Yuan next.

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

• Katie Boulter beat Petra Martic (LL): 6-1, 7-6 (8)
• 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 (5) 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