Rouen Open: Burrage defeats Snigur to move into second round

No 4 seed Jodie Burrage advanced to the second round of the Rouen Open by beating Ukrainian Daria Snigur 6-3, 6-3 at Palais des sports de Rouen.

Burrage, ranked No 91, will face the winner of the match between German Anna-Lena Friedsam and French wildcard Alice Robbe next.

Rouen WTA 125, other first-round results (Palais des sports de Rouen, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Fiona Ferro vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Aliona Bolsova vs. Iryna Shymanovich
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Clara Burel
• Alize Cornet vs. Jessika Ponchet
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Astra Sharma
• Anna Bondar vs. Oceane Dodin
• Margaux Rouvroy vs. Tiphanie Lemaitre
• Dalma Galfi vs. Kaia Kanepi
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Alice Robbe
• Simona Waltert vs. Chloe Paquet
• Greet Minnen vs. Yuriko Miyazaki
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Celine Naef: monday
• Erika Andreeva (Q) beat Jil Teichmann: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)