Canberra Open: Saito moves into second round

Japanese qualifier Sara Saito won against Montenegrin Danka Kovinic 7-6 (3), 6-1 to move into the second round of the Canberra Open at the Canberra Tennis Centre on Tuesday.

Saito, ranked No 150, will play Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz, the top seed, next.

Canberra WTA 125K Series, other first-round results (Canberra Tennis Centre, hard, USD 164.000, most recent results first):

• Arianne Hartono vs. Anna Bondar
• Dalma Galfi vs. Daria Snigur
• Nina Stojanovic beat Solana Sierra (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Taylah Preston (WC) beat Ipek Oz (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Simona Waltert (Q) beat Darja Semenistaja (4): 6-2, 6-1
• Elsa Jacquemot (Q) beat Emerson Jones (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Jana Fett: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Alexandra Eala (Q) beat Sinja Kraus (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Mananchaya Sawangkaew (8) beat Ella Seidel: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q) beat Petra Martic (5): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
• Aoi Ito (7) beat Maria Timofeeva: 6-4, 7-5
• Petra Hule (WC) beat Anastasia Zakharova (3): 6-3, 6-3
• Marina Stakusic (6) beat Antonia Ruzic: 0-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Jil Teichmann: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Sijia Wei beat Lizette Cabrera (WC): 6-3, 6-4

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