Hobart International: Blinkova into second round

Russian Anna Blinkova moved into the second round of the Hobart International by beating American Bernarda Pera 7-5, 6-4 at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Blinkova, ranked No 75, will play the winner of the match between New Zealander Lulu Sun, the No 5 seed, and American wildcard Sofia Kenin next.

Hobart WTA 250, other first-round results (Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Elise Mertens
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Daria Saville
• Renata Zarazua vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Magda Linette
• Olga Danilovic vs. Maya Joint
• Lulu Sun vs. Sofia Kenin
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Katie Volynets
• Ann Li (Q) beat Sloane Stephens (WC): 7-5, 6-1
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 7-5, 6-0
• Camila Osorio beat Yue Yuan (8): 6-2, 6-3
• Greet Minnen (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-5, 6-3
• Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Mayar Sherif: 7-5, 6-4
• Elina Avanesyan (6) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-3, 7-5
• McCartney Kessler beat Rebecca Sramkova (7): 6-3, 7-5

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