Argentina Open: Riera books spot in second round
Julia Riera won against Selena Janicijevic 7-5, 6-3 on Tuesday evening. She’ll face Romanian Miriam Bulgaru in the next round
Argentinian Julia Riera, the No 7 seed, won against Frenchwoman Selena Janicijevic 7-5, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Argentina Open at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday evening.
Riera, ranked No 163, will face Romanian Miriam Bulgaru 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
- Miriam Bulgaru beat Amina Anshba (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Elizabeth Mandlik (3) beat Martina Capurro Taborda: 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- 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
