Tennis
Home hope Dart eases past Uchijima to move into last 16
Wildcard Harriet Dart reached the last 16 of the Birmingham Open by beating Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-3 at Edgbaston Priory Club.
Dart, ranked No 101, will play second seed Barbora Krejcikova next.
Birmingham WTA 250, other last-32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Clara Burel
- Katie Boulter vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Diana Shnaider vs. Amelia Rajecki
- Heather Watson vs. Marie Bouzkova: tuesday
- Barbora Krejcikova beat Daria Saville (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
- Elise Mertens (5) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Leylah Fernandez (6) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-1, 6-1
- Viktorija Golubic (Q) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 6-1
- Lin Zhu beat Sorana Cirstea (3): 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova (7) beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Jelena Ostapenko (1): 6-3, 6-3
- Sloane Stephens (WC) beat Yue Yuan: 6-3, 6-3
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Magdalena Frech: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
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