Nordea Open: Schmiedlova books spot in second round
Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova beat Anastasia Kulikova 6-1, 7-6 (5) on Monday. She’ll face Russian Elina Avanesyan in the next round
Slovak Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova, the second seed, won against Finn Anastasia Kulikova 6-1, 7-6 (5) to reach the second round of the Nordea Open at Båstad Tennisstadion in Bastad on Monday afternoon.
Schmiedlova, ranked No 84, will face Russian Elina Avanesyan next.
Bastad WTA 125, other first-round results (Båstad Tennisstadion, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Misaki Doi vs. Mirjam Bjorklund
- Malene Helgo vs. Rebecca Peterson
- Varvara Flink vs. Leolia Jeanjean
- Francesca Di Lorenzo vs. Katarina Zavatska
- Valentini Grammatikopoulou vs. Panna Udvardy
- Renata Zarazua vs. Caijsa Hennemann
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Yue Yuan
- Elina Avanesyan beat Lisa Zaar (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- Irina Khromacheva beat Peangtarn Plipuech: 6-0, 6-0
- Lauren Davis (6) beat Kajsa Rinaldo Persson (WC): 6-2, 6-1
- Rebeka Masarova beat Grace Min: 6-1, 0-6, 6-2
- Su Jeong Jang beat Clara Burel (3): 6-2, 6-1
- Ipek Oz beat Kamilla Rakhimova (8): 6-4, 6-4
