Hamburg Open: Pera through to second round
Bernarda Pera won against Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-0, 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon and will face Swiss qualifier Joanne Zuger in the next round
American Bernarda Pera moved into the second round of the Hamburg Open by winning against Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse, the No 9 seed, 6-0, 6-4 at Am Rothenbaum in Hambourg on Tuesday afternoon.
Pera, ranked No 81, will play Swiss qualifier Joanne Zuger next.
Hambourg WTA 250, other first-round results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Irina Bara
- Aleksandra Krunic beat Sabine Lisicki (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Joanne Zuger beat Jule Niemeier: 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (4) beat Nastasja Schunk (WC): 6-1, 6-4
- Andrea Petkovic (8) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-3, 6-3
- Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Eva Lys (WC): 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- Alexandra Ignatik (Q) beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
- Barbora Krejcikova (3) beat Suzan Lamens (LL): 6-2, 6-4
- Rebecca Peterson beat Kateryna Baindl (LL): 6-3, 6-0
- Anastasia Potapova beat Varvara Gracheva (6): 7-5, 6-3
- Magdalena Frech beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-1 ret.
- Misaki Doi beat Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q): 7-6 (10), 6-0
- Maryna Zanevska (7) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Katerina Siniakova beat Daria Kasatkina (2): 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
- Laura Pigossi beat Reka-Luca Jani: 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
