Nordea Open: Peterson reaches second round
Rebecca Peterson beat Malene Helgo 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday. She’ll face Frenchwoman Leolia Jeanjean in the next round
Swede Rebecca Peterson, the No 4 seed, reached the second round of the Nordea Open by winning against Norwegian Malene Helgo 6-4, 6-2 at Båstad Tennisstadion in Bastad on Tuesday afternoon.
Peterson, ranked No 96, will face Frenchwoman Leolia Jeanjean next.
Bastad WTA 125, other first-round results (Båstad Tennisstadion, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
- Mirjam Bjorklund beat Misaki Doi (7): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
- Yue Yuan beat Olivia Tjandramulia: 6-3, 6-1
- Katarina Zavatska beat Francesca Di Lorenzo: 6-4, 6-2
- Leolia Jeanjean beat Varvara Flink: 6-2, 6-3
- Panna Udvardy (5) beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou: 6-2, 7-5
- Caijsa Hennemann (WC) beat Renata Zarazua: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
- Mihaela Buzarnescu beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-2
- Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova (2) beat Anastasia Kulikova: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
- 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
