Auckland Open: Hibino advances to second round

Japanese qualifier Nao Hibino beat German Jule Niemeier 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Auckland Open at the ASB Tennis Arena.

Hibino, ranked No 145, will face the winner of the match between American Robin Montgomery and No 6 seed Emma Raducanu next.

Auckland WTA 250, other first-round results (ASB Tennis Arena, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Alycia Parks vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Emma Raducanu
• Vivian Yang vs. Elise Mertens
• Greet Minnen vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Renata Jamrichova
• Madison Keys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Sofia Kenin vs. Xiyu Wang
• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Katie Volynets (8) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-2
• Ann Li beat Sloane Stephens: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
• Julia Grabher beat Leyre Romero Gormaz (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• Naomi Osaka (7) beat Lina Glushko (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Bernarda Pera beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (Q): 6-2, 7-5
• Rebecca Marino beat Lulu Sun (4): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Clara Tauson (5) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 6-2, 6-3

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