Strasbourg Open: Alexandrova makes last 16

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 6 seed, beat Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa 6-0, 7-5 to advance to the last 16 of the Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Monday.

Alexandrova, ranked No 18, will play Pole Magda Linette next.

Strasbourg WTA 500, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 802.237, most recent results first):

• Emma Navarro vs. Alize Cornet
• Erika Andreeva vs. Fiona Ferro: monday
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-3
• Elina Svitolina (7) beat Diane Parry: 6-3, 6-4
• Katerina Siniakova beat Yulia Putintseva (Q): 6-0, 7-5
• Liudmila Samsonova (5) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4
• Xinyu Wang beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Magda Linette beat Sorana Cirstea: 7-5, 7-5
• Clara Burel beat Karolina Pliskova (WC): 7-5, 0-6, 6-1
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (8): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez beat Anastasia Potapova: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3