Tennis, WTA – Birmingham Open 2024: Dolehide knocks out Pliskova

American lucky loser Caroline Dolehide edged out Karolina Pliskova 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) to reach the last 16 of the Birmingham Open at Edgbaston Priory Club on Tuesday evening.

Dolehide, ranked No 61, will play Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 5 seed, next.

Birmingham WTA 250, other 32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Katie Boulter vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Yulia Putintseva beat Clara Burel: 6-3, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider beat Amelia Rajecki (Q): 7-5, 6-3
• Harriet Dart (WC) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova (8) beat Heather Watson (WC): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Barbora Krejcikova (2) beat Daria Saville (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Elise Mertens 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