Linz Open: Vekic reaches second round

Croat Donna Vekic, the No 5 seed, defeated German Tamara Korpatsch 7-6 (4), 6-1 to reach the second round of the Linz Open at the Design Center Linz on Tuesday evening.

Vekic, ranked No 33, will face the winner of the match between American Madison Brengle and Austrian wildcard Julia Grabher next.

Linz WTA 250, other first-round matchs (Design Center Linz, EUR 225.480, most recent results first):

• Madison Brengle vs. Julia Grabher
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Clara Tauson
• Alycia Parks vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Sara Errani
• Maria Sakkari (1) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Varvara Gracheva (LL) beat Anna Blinkova: 7-5, 7-5
• Camila Giorgi beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-1, 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova (8) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Bernarda Pera (7): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Petra Martic (6) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (2): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Eva Lys (WC) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Alison Van Uytvanck beat Linda Noskova: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Jule Niemeier beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 2-6, 6-3, 6-4