Argentina Open: Bulgaru beats Anshba to make second round

Romanian Miriam Bulgaru moved into the second round of the Argentina Open by winning against Russian qualifier Amina Anshba 6-3, 6-4 at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.

Bulgaru, ranked No 201, will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Selena Janicijevic and Argentinian Julia Riera, the No 7 seed, 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
• Selena Janicijevic vs. Julia Riera: tuesday
• Martina Capurro Taborda vs. Elizabeth Mandlik: tuesday
• Robin Montgomery beat Sara Errani (2): 6-3, 6-4
• Renata Zarazua (6) beat Eva Vedder: 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Maria Lourdes Carle (8) beat Gabriela Ce: 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
• Valeriya Strakhova beat Guillermina Naya (WC): 7-5, 5-7, 2-1 ret.
• Ipek Oz beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou: 7-6 (1), 6-0
• Diane Parry (1) beat Ekaterine Gorgodze (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Laura Pigossi (5) beat Leyre Romero Gormaz: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• 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