Bogota Open: Niemeier reaches second round

German Jule Niemeier defeated Italian qualifier Nuria Brancaccio 6-2, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Bogota Open at the Country Club Bogota on Tuesday.

Niemeier, ranked No 113, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Cristina Bucsa, the No 4 seed, and Chinese qualifier Xiaodi You next.

Bogota WTA 500, other first-round results (Country Club Bogota, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Marie Bouzkova vs. Rebecca Marino
• Iryna Shymanovich vs. Laura Siegemund
• Emiliana Arango vs. Julia Riera
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Laura Pigossi
• Anna Bondar vs. Tatjana Maria
• Yuliana Monroy vs. Francesca Jones
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Anca Alexia Todoni
• Camila Osorio vs. Marina Stakusic
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Katarina Zavatska vs. Irina Bara
• Valentina Mediorreal Arias vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Xiaodi You
• Maria Timofeeva vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo: tuesday
• Yulia Starodubtseva vs. Sara Errani: tuesday
• Renata Zarazua beat Mariana Isabel Higuita Barraza (WC): 6-0, 6-0