Nottingham Open: Watson into last 16

Qualifier Heather Watson moved into the last 16 of the Nottingham Open by winning against German Jule Niemeier 6-4, 6-3 at Nottingham Tennis Centre on Monday.

Watson, ranked No 195, will play German Tatjana Maria next.

Nottingham WTA 250, other 32 results (Nottingham Tennis Centre, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Emily Appleton vs. Katie Boulter
• Harriet Dart vs. Rebecca Marino
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Jil Teichmann vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Tereza Martincova vs. Jodie Burrage
• Magda Linette vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Katie Swan vs. Alize Cornet
• Madison Brengle vs. Camila Giorgi
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Elizabeth Mandlik: monday
• Lin Zhu (8) beat Alycia Parks: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Maria Sakkari (1) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-2, 7-6 (6)
• Magdalena Frech beat Sonay Kartal: 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
• Donna Vekic (4) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Tatjana Maria beat Shuai Zhang (6): 6-1, 6-4