Prague Open: Wild card Martincova through to last 16

Wild card Tereza Martincova edged out qualifier Gabriela Knutson 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Prague Open at TK Sparta Praha on Tuesday.

Martincova, ranked No 109, will face Yue Yuan next.

Back to winning ways 💪

Tereza Martincova defeats compatriot Knutson in a tight contest to reach the Prague last 16!#LPO2023 pic.twitter.com/v63f0cQcjg

— wta (@WTA) August 1, 2023

Prague WTA 250, other 32 results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Barbora Strycova vs. Ankita Raina
• Elvina Kalieva vs. Linda Noskova
• Xiyu Wang vs. Clara Tauson: tuesday
• Jule Niemeier beat Heather Watson: 6-2, 6-3
• Yanina Wickmayer beat Lin Zhu (2): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Yue Yuan beat Shuai Zhang (3): 6-2, 6-2
• Alize Cornet (6) beat Lucie Havlickova (WC): 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
• Kaia Kanepi beat Lucrezia Stefanini: 6-2, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Patricia Maria Tig: 6-2, 6-2
• Emiliana Arango (Q) beat Barbora Palicova (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Marie Bouzkova (1): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Viktoria Hruncakova (Q) beat Xinyu Wang (7): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Nao Hibino (LL) beat Sara Errani: 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
• Kateryna Baindl (8) beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Tamara Korpatsch (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-2, 6-4