Berlin Open: Jabeur makes second round

Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the top seed, beat Czech Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Tuesday evening.

Jabeur, ranked No 4, will face American qualifier Alycia Parks next.

Jabeur was also in the news on Tuesday as she will be partnering Serena Williams in doubles in Eastbourne next week on the American’s return to the Tour after a year away because of injury.

Berlin WTA 500, other first-round results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 611.210, most recent results first):

• Ann Li vs. Coco Gauff
• Alycia Parks beat Qinwen Zheng: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Aryna Sabalenka (3): 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Andrea Petkovic beat Garbine Muguruza (5): 7-6 (8), 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-3, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (WC) beat Alize Cornet: 6-4, 6-4
• Belinda Bencic (8) beat Jule Niemeier (WC): 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (2) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Tamara Zidansek: 7-5, 6-1
• Xinyu Wang (Q) beat Tamara Korpatsch (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Anastasia Gasanova (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• Bianca Andreescu beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Karolina Pliskova (4) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-0
• Daria Saville (Q) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (6) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 5-7, 6-3, 6-1