Argentina Open: Pigossi into second round

Brazilian Laura Pigossi, the No 5 seed, edged out Spaniard Leyre Romero Gormaz 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Argentina Open at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club on Monday evening.

Pigossi, ranked No 137, will play Swiss Conny Perrin next.

Buenos Aires WTA 125, other first-round results (Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Solana Sierra vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Luisina Giovannini vs. Anna Rogers
• Martina Capurro Taborda vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
• Selena Janicijevic vs. Julia Riera
• Miriam Bulgaru vs. Amina Anshba
• Robin Montgomery vs. Sara Errani
• Renata Zarazua vs. Eva Vedder
• Gabriela Ce vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
• Guillermina Naya vs. Valeriya Strakhova
• Valentini Grammatikopoulou vs. Ipek Oz
• Diane Parry vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
• Polona Hercog beat Carole Monnet (9): 6-4, 0-2 ret.
• Conny Perrin beat Carolina M. Alves: 6-2, 6-1
• Julieta Lara Estable (WC) beat Lucciana Perez Alarcon (WC): 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
• Jamie Loeb beat Despina Papamichail: 6-3, 6-2